Tag: San Francisco 49ers

  • Where did Colin Kaepernick get start as an activist? USA TODAY 2016-09-30 Josh Peter They remember the conservative haircut he wore at John Pitman High School, and now they see the Afro and cornrows. They remember his studious and soft-spoken ways from a decade ago, and now they see him refusing to stand for the…

  • Shaun King on Colin Kaepernick: He is Enormously Courageous and Has Sparked a Movement Among Athletes Democracy Now! 2016-10-21 Amy Goodman, Host and Executive Producer Shaun King, Black Lives Matter activist and the senior justice writer for the New York Daily News, discusses NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who continued his protest Sunday against racial oppression…

  • Black Like Him: Colin Kaepernick And Race The Games Men Play: Sports. Culture. Sex. 2016-08-31 Georgette Gouveia “Only in America could a conversation about racial oppression devolve into one black millionaire calling out a biracial millionaire for not knowing what’s it’s like to be truly oppressed.” So posted Mark Thomas on an ESPN thread about…

  • What Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Looks Like to a Black 49ers Fan The New York Times 2016-08-31 Gerald Harris, President and Managing Director The Quantum Planning Group, San Francisco, California Colin Kaepernick Credit Ben Margot/Associated Press San Francisco — Why are we, as sports fans, continually surprised when one of our heroes turns out to be…

  • Jones: Kaepernick, Lochte cases are as different as black and white The Philadelphia Inquirer 2016-08-30 Solomon Jones SAN FRANCISCO 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick sits down during the national anthem to protest America’s treatment of people of color, and he is accused of being a traitor to his country. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte is facing criminal…

  • Rodney Harrison sorry for saying Colin Kaepernick is ‘not black’ ESPN 2016-08-29 Former NFL player and current NBC analyst Rodney Harrison has apologized on Twitter after criticizing Colin Kaepernick and his refusal to stand for the national anthem while suggesting that the San Francisco 49ers quarterback is not black and doesn’t truly understand racism. In…

  • What Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem Protest Tells Us About America Rolling Stone 2016-08-29 Morgan Jerkins When black athletes choose to point their aggression towards larger, systematic inequalities, there’s always backlash The role of the famous black athlete has been a polarizing one for as long as sports have dominated American headlines, going all the way…

  • The San Francisco 49ers quarterback on bucking expectations, riding out the haters and how he does it all with a healthy dose of style

  • Colin Kaepernick explains why he sat during national anthem NFL News National Football League 2016-08-27 Steve Wyche, NFL Media Reporter SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has willingly immersed himself into controversy by refusing to stand for the playing of the national anthem in protest of what he deems are wrongdoings…

  • Colin Kaepernick Protests National Anthem Over Treatment of Minorities ABC News 2016-08-27 Michael Edison Hayden San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem during a preseason game Friday out of protest against America’s treatment of “black people and people of color.” Kaepernick told NFL media he made his own decision…