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Washington Post, Sept 2016

‘It was a little nod to Kaepernick’: Megan Rapinoe kneels for Star-Spangled Banner

World Cup winner says gesture was ‘very intentional’

Rapinoe says it is important for white and black athletes to stand together

On Sunday, Rapinoe said her gesture was a nod towards Kaepernick.

“It was very intentional,” Rapinoe told American Soccer Now after the game.

“It was a little nod to Kaepernick and everything that he’s standing for right now.

I think it’s actually pretty disgusting the way he was treated and the way that a lot of the media has covered it and made it about something that it absolutely isn’t.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/04/megan-rapinoe-anthem-protest-colin-kaepernick

[Flavious_Maximus]

I want to see her get carried off the field in a stretcher. I will replay it over and over again in slow motion. Let it be so. /spit

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Megan Rapinoe: “It was a little nod to Kaepernick and everything that he’s standing for right now."

“With the 49ers visiting the Dolphins this week, San Francisco’s Colin Kaepernick engaged in a conference call with members of the South Florida media. However, one reporter wanted to discuss something that happened in August, when Kaepernick wore a shirt that appeared to show support for Fidel Castro, which led to a tense exchange.

The shirt depicted scenes from a 1960 meeting between Castro and Malcolm X, and it bore the phrase, “Like minds think alike.” Kaepernick wore it to a news conference after the 49ers’ third preseason game, which was when his refusal to stand during the national anthem became a major national story.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/11/24/colin-kaepernick-grilled-by-miami-dolphins-reporter-over-fidel-castro-shirt/?utm_term=.1db56249b83a