Colin Kaepernick breaks silence after igniting controversy over Nike's Betsy Ross flag shoes

[mountaineer]

Kaepernick Quotes Frederick Douglass To Bash July 4th. Cruz Crushes Him With Facts.

Excerpted Ted's tweets to CK:

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Ted Cruz Retweeted Colin Kaepernick

You quote a mighty and historic speech by the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass, but, without context, many modern readers will misunderstand. Two critical points:

(1) This speech was given in 1852, before the Civil War, when the abomination of slavery still existed. Thanks to Douglass and so many other heroes, we ended that grotesque evil and have made enormous strides to protecting the civil rights of everybody.

(2) Douglass was not anti-American; he was, rightly and passionately, anti-slavery. Indeed, he concluded the speech as follows:
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Let me encourage everyone, READ THE ENTIRE SPEECH; it is powerful, inspirational, and historically important in bending the arc of history towards justice: https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2945

[LottieDah]

Kaepernick is a little snot who grew up with "white privilege".  He is a spoiled no talent brat with a big freaking mouth and an empty head.

[berdie]

Kaepernick is a little snot who grew up with "white privilege".  He is a spoiled no talent brat with a big freaking mouth and an empty head.

I would like to add to your post...but you covered Kaepernick completely.  How else is he gonna make any money any other way than being an attention 'ore?

[verga]

Ocasio/Kaepernick 2024: Screw Whitey

Neither one has two brain cells to rub together.