{"id":63661,"date":"2022-04-05T02:56:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T02:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=63661"},"modified":"2022-04-05T02:57:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T02:57:07","slug":"for-colin-kaepernick-writing-is-another-form-of-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=63661","title":{"rendered":"For Colin Kaepernick, Writing Is Another Form of Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Colin Kaepernick, Writing Is Another Form of Activism<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Publishers Weekly<\/a>
\n2022-03-29<\/p>\n

Nathalie op de Beeck<\/strong><\/a>, Associate Professor of English
\nPacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington<\/em><\/p>\n

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Colin Kaepernick<\/a>, at 34, presides over a multimedia platform for Black and brown people\u2019s empowerment. In 2016, inspired by civil rights heroes, the then-San Francisco 49ers<\/a> quarterback rocked the NFL<\/a> by taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality, sparking protests and backlash. That fall, he and his partner Nessa<\/a> (known by her first name only) established Know Your Rights Camp<\/a>, a youth-focused organization with principles that echo the Black Panthers\u2019 Ten-Point Program for communities, along with a downloadable set of educational resources, Colin in Black & White: The Kaepernick Curriculum<\/a>. He went on to found Kaepernick Publishing, for which he edited a collection of essays by social justice leaders, Abolition for the People: The Movement for a Future Without Policing or Prisons.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kaepernick Publishing and Scholastic have teamed up to publish Kaepernick\u2019s debut picture book (as part of a multibook deal), the autobiographical <\/em>I Color Myself Different<\/a>, with illustrations by Eric Wilkerson<\/a>, an artist known for his high-energy fantasy illustrations. Wilkerson\u2019s paintings grace the covers of Nic Stone\u2019s Shuri books and Kwame Mbalia\u2019s <\/em>Tristan Strong series, and Kaepernick was familiar with his work; the author and illustrator spoke back and forth to fine-tune the images of a young Colin in <\/em>I Color Myself Different. Kaepernick corresponded with PW about writing as a form of activism, recognizing the many elements that make up our identities, and finding strength in the history of social justice movements…<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the entire interview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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