Posted on 08/27/2016 9:54:56 AM PDT by Baladas
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick says he refused to stand during the national anthem Friday due to his views on the country's treatment of racial minorities.
"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick told NFL Media after Friday's game. "To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."
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"The national anthem is and always will be a special part of the pregame ceremony,"
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Collin Kapernick’s life doesn’t matter.
CKLDM movement sweeping nation.
Average overpaid affirmative action QB. The NFL has destroyed the league with pushing these 9-lives losing QBs for far too long!
Another head full of mush heard from.
You have to be kidding me.
Good God, it’s ‘68 Olympics all over again.
These people SO WANT to be victims. They envy their ancestors, want the martyrdom.
Is he protesting bad treatment of minorities BY MINORITIES? Black on black crime is ridiculous in this country. Maybe he has a point.
The same you do when you sit there like a mushroom watching millionaire and billionaire politicians and businessmen.
I’m sure you watched Bush and Romney talk or watched those debate. That’s more of a sucker deal than sports could ever be.
What asinine responses to liking sports.
BTW I guess he’s just like an Obama brother (literally).
Half-assed black, raised by whites.
Kapernick is no longer the starting QB of the 49'ers.
Trade bait, if anyone wants him. Just pick up his existing contract and he's yours.
Yeah. Thug wanna be?
This life long fan won’t watch another 49er game that isn’t against the colts. To hell with them.
Queue the bikini beach cartwheeler.
Does he mean the current way minorities treat each other of their own race?
I’m sure this gem of a guy will donate a ton of his money to the poor and to educate against minority on minority crime.
“Does anyone remember when athletes gave up their jobs and joined the service? Ted Williams did it twice.”
Pat Till——
Approx. 450 MLB players served in WWII——astonishing.
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K’s contract was actually bigger than that, but NFL contracts aren’t guaranteed like MLB’s are.
He’ll have to get by on the $25 or so million he’s already collected. Given his attitude, I’d guess he’ll blow through whatever he makes and end up broke soon enough.
Colin or Colon.
Even Baseball?
LOL!
Bumbleback should take his butt hurt to Hillary and leave the flag alone. She really cares, according to the plantation voters.
According to wiki source "Kaepernick was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Heidi Russo, a 19-year-old woman who was single and destitute at the time. His birth father, an African American, was out of the picture before he was born."
Well at least Ms Winfrey has a solution.. what does this guy suggest doing?
Oprah Winfrey 'There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die.'After he's booted from football maybe he'll move over to a team in the Knockout Game.
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If it is bigger than football, put your money where your mouth is and quit football.
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Yes, if he was really sincere about his beliefs he would walk off the field for good. But he doesn’t want to walk away from that big paycheck.
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