During
a preseason game, Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback refused
to stand for the national anthem. He offered his reason to the media. "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a
flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color." He
added, “There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and
getting away with murder."
Is
he referring to police officers? It sounds that way. He says America is
oppressing people who aren’t white. Coincidentally, his parents are both white,
his coach is white and the man who has paid him millions is white. So who is
oppressing him? Kaepernick
lives in a country where men earn millions playing a kid's game.
Had he been
born in Mexico, Thailand, India, or the Philippines, he would probably be
working long hours in a filthy factory for just enough money to live in a hovel.
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