Colin Kaepernick Says Adoptive Mother Said His Cornrows Made Him Look 'Like A Little Thug' During Childhood

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In a new interview, Colin Kaepernick spoke about some problematic childhood instances, including his adoptive mother saying his cornrows made him look like “a little thug.”

CNN reported that while talking with CBS journalist Adriana Diaz for a Thursday interview, the former NFL player said his adoptive white parents perpetuated racism within the home. “I know my parents loved me, but there were still very problematic things that I went through,” Kaepernick told Diaz.

1. “I think it was important to show that, no, this can happen in your home, and how you move forward collectively while addressing the racism that is being perpetuated,” he said.

Those moments included his mother thinking he looked “not professional” and “like a little thug” when he had cornrows as a child. Kaepernick said, “Those become spaces where it’s like, ‘How do I navigate this situation now?’ But it also has informed why I have my hair long today.”

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TOPICS: Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: heisathug; howaboutshuttingup; kappy; momwasright; nappyheadedho; nowhesabigthug

[Impala64ssa]

Nappy Cappy has mommy issues.

[bwest]

She was right.

[aynrandfreak]

What an ingrate!

[Williams]

So WHAT?

[xp38]

This person is way past his fifteen minutes.

[chajin]

Those moments included his mother thinking he looked “not professional” and “like a little thug” when he had cornrows as a child.

And?

How you dress and how you comb your hair and how you walk and what slang you use, all of these are messages to the society around you.

AI: "Booker T. Washington advocated for modesty, cleanliness, and assimilation into mainstream American clothing standards. He believed that dressing in neat, conventional attire was essential for African Americans to gain respect, demonstrate "civilized" habits, and dismantle racial prejudice in the post-Civil War era."

[Kudsman]

Good thing cotton rows never caught on.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

In my personal experience, it’s not ‘healthy’ to dis your own Mother in public.

But, keep showing us who you are, ya has-been, never-was, race pimp.

*Rolleyes*

[telescope115]

One of our local tv news stations naw has a black on location reporter- I don’t care that he’s black. What bothers me is that he has corn rows down to his shoulders!

NOPE. I’m not watching that station’s newscasts if they’re going to be so unprofessional. Another station has a black news anchor who I like. He looks more professional and he hasn’t shown any bias in his newscasts.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Trying to stay relevant. Out of sight out of mind.

[Vision]

A grown man complaining about being mothered.

[rktman]

Still do. Ungrateful snot.

Patriotism over ‘hateriotism’!

😊👍🇺🇸

[theyreallthesame]

... a page right out of the Obama(s) Play Book....Stay important/relevant/unappreciated/ungrateful/petulant/victimized/self-promoting at any cost.

The world just doesn’t understand just how much you’ve done for us and all of mankind. Please forgive us.

[Bookshelf]

How sharper than a viper’s tooth are the bleatings of a thoughtless child.

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

was he still wearing his pig in a uniform socks

[Jeff Chandler]

Let me see if I got this article right:

Colin Kaepernick Says Adoptive Mother Said His Cornrows Made Him Look ‘Like A Little Thug’ During Childhood

Colin Kaepernick Says Adoptive Mother Said His Cornrows Made Him Look ‘Like A Little Thug’ During Childhood

Colin Kaepernick Says Adoptive Mother Said His Cornrows Made Him Look ‘Like A Little Thug’ During Childhood

his adoptive mother saying his cornrows made him look like “a little thug.”

racism that is being perpetuated

his mother thinking he looked “not professional” and “like a little thug” when he had cornrows as a child

[No name given]

Yep.

[No name given]

Yup.

[T.B. Yoits]

Good thing cotton rows never caught on.

[HockeyPop]

Painful to watch and suffer those given and exploiting a platform given to them so they can unleash their own inner psychodrama on the rest of us as we have to watch naive low IQ Americans get sucked into it.