How Colin Kaepernick went from football star to civil rights icon | Nightline
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2020
- At the height of his career in the NFL, Kaepernick took a stand against racial inequality and police brutality for the world to see. Since then, his allies say his intentions have been misinterpreted.
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Over 700 thousand slaves being sold in Africa, currently. And it’s been going on for centuries in Africa. Funny how that always seems to slip people’s minds.
Maybe just yours but I new that
john wayne sarcasm?
Trump turds
@@daviddissatisfied3938 so ignorant
Sadly it happens all over the globe. There are hundreds of thousands to millions of slaves in China, India, Russia, etc. Americans have to focus on America right now so we can strengthen our unity as a nation.
Where was his glorification before all this? Took me a long time to realize that the media is bipolar. 😒
It's not bipolar. It's racist, evil.
Lol
We knew about this before he kneeled.
abe presume says who?
Kappy's just a puppet playing his role in the elites agenda, if you're too blind to see that then I have some good news for you hun, now you know. This was all planned out all along, just like a script in a movie, Kappy gets paid to play his role.
Everyone clap for the white man and white woman that raised him while for some reason his biological parents couldn't.
Why though? They seem to have done a terrible job of raising him
@UCLFvvd6Urf7FhvLaECq-zLw nah they did great got him to collage and a nfl contract he turned into a fuckin idiot
Biological parents, didn't have the spine to raise him. Black father/white mother, the things said about that are tremendous. I had 2 black girl friends, the racism and things said to us broke us apart.
@@omikredarhcs8221 ha Ha, “the racism” was from black men and other black women.
@@viper2148 that funny to you?
2020 was most definitely a very different year
NFL: “We should have listened to the players.”
DJ Khaled: “ You played yourself.”
Huh? NFL viewership is gonna go down 100%
What talent does DJ Khaled have ....answer....none!
I highly doubt the NFL will be “done” lol
Honestly I don’t care 🤷♂️ 😂
@American Pie Covid doesn't last forever moron. . .
WHEN GOD ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING, JUST DO IT. LOOK WHAT YOU CAN DO. TO GOD BE THE GLORY.
GOD IS IN CONTROL, ALL WHO BELIEVE AND KNOW THIS ARE SAFE. AMEN
👍
@@ronaldmcdaniel7183 Amen brother🙏
@Jason Crosby You don't know God.
Amen, yes yes yes!!! It backfired on all those who opposed his stance! Redemption is sweet
Bruh he is the last thing I would think of for ‘civil rights icon’
Hey he trying to do better
@@larrejackson8722 ya...sure..lol
@@larrejackson8722 and he is failing
Standing up against prejudice in a time where it's normal?
I think that's pretty much a civil rights icon
@@vedji1857 then you’re wrong. Kneeling during the national anthem is in no way “standing up against prejudice” and it doesn’t make you an activist. It’s just blatantly disrespectful.
If I would have been on that stage getting all my body parts checked out for potential millions...Ida said,"check away!"😊
Voluntarily too lol
How dumb!
You stand for what's right no matter what the consequences might be.
And you will be of the right side of history
Lol, money often allows cowards to take a stand, were was this punk before the money? What a coward
Is it right that he did this on his way out of the nfl knowing he was no longer having everybody watch him so he decided to do something to get more attention... yea real motivstional
Very Hard to do
Then why arent there protests against lgbt?
Everyone should have the right to protest..peaceful..respectful and with conviction..
He has the right. He's still an @$$hole.
At work tho?
Everyone has the right to not be brainwashed by a political psy-op
@@TheLightSideReactions so are you dumb ass
@@airdee - I may be an @$$hole, but I'm a patriot. Kap is a Kommie @$$hole, so I claim the high ground.
“Football Star”🤣
This is what he is all about ruclips.net/video/GG9NcfvxGeI/видео.html
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@@HabibiGhanoush politics aside he sucks
"Football Star" wouldn't lose his job to Blaine Gabbert. LMAO!
What? No. No. No.
@@HabibiGhanoush No he isn't. He lost his job to Blaine Gabbert! LOL! He was okay for a season or two but sucks and has thrown many interceptions. He hasn't played for years and likely will never reach his prime.
"How Colin Kaepernick went from football star to civil rights icon"
(Hint, it wasn't through being good in the NFL.)
He was pretty good
@@VibeinATLien Yeah, he was good 2/6 seasons
Hint, he was standing up for what is right and 4 years later the haters have woken up and realized he was right to protest peacefully.
he looks to his left, throws and then they catch it for a touchdown, the defense that is
Mimi P what exactly is he right about? He was protesting incidents that were actually lies in the media and the DOJ and other agencies investigating them found the police did the right thing🤷♂️
Interesting they edit out the cop smashing their shield into the AUS news cameraman’s face at 59 seconds in...
New app is cuter
Pretty sure the lady got a baton to the back of the head too
They smashed her face? Where’s that video.
Lord Lol no one smashed the girls face the shield guy hits the cameraman, but I did see another officer swinging a baton at her when she was trying to get away
Sombrero Oh ;-; I thought they smashed her face lmao
Instead of listening to his act , they now have to face the consequences of a tired populace .
Tired of what exactly?
They should've listened
@@chucknorrisjr829 you do the math 🤨
@@kevinjohnson9848 did the math. Still not adding up
mshesh16 and that’s up to y’all to change that! Most of you guys don’t see a problem with it, you see it don’t even make the news
People: "Why don't they protest peacefully!?!"
Kaepernick: *just kneels during anthem. An action that he made sure was appropriate by asking troops beforehand.
*Career gets destroyed and massive public harassment.
Uh, nah. If you hear what he says originally his intentions were not good.
04mzwach ahhh the conspiracy nut...I’m sure George Floyd didn’t die horribly too!!! STFU...all ya need to STFU!!!
@@FindMe04 Lemme guess, him kneeling without speaking... was a secret ploy to get today's youth to do heroin and beat up their elders?
@@blufilmsesa nah, he wasn't even kneeling at first. Do your research. Dont praise him just because the media is on his side. And addressing the other commenter, george floyd got murdered. It doesnt mean theres not cops killing every race. Racial inequality is bogus.
@@rosepetitfrere6815 racial inequality = democratic party
‘Arguably a top ten quarterback in the game’ arguably is the operative word here🤔
People will forget him in time
He was average
@@liamdunphy7496 less than average, let’s not sugarcoat it
Yeah..... I like looking back at average people who judges others ignorantly. Larre Jackson.....people, time, and history will never forget.
Worst losing streak in 49er history...O Yeh...sign'im up..
Great lesson...When the world is against you, still stand for what is right.
Sometimes it can feel like that, whatever your cause.
I mean what he was doing was wrong. The idea is right but to kneel during an anthem about soldiers who fought for the freedom of people is sad
@Mark Navarro the bible says those who fight injustice will be blessed.
@@funnyclips9812 he literally stated that him kneeling wasn’t against the people who fought for us…it was for police brutality
@@funnyclips9812 If it was wrong then why did other players follow him later on
Colin kneeled and he was wrong...people are protesting in the street and they are wrong....America just doesn't want to hear the message. He is an icon✊🏾🖤
Agreed. For suppressors there is never a right way for the suppressed to protest, because they don't want to change their way.
@mshesh16 I'm not here to defend Nike, but your critique matches almost every other sports star, too. Besides that, a athlete or celebrity can be right with one thing (here police brutality), and wrong with another (capitalism/third world). Not everything is black/white (no pun intended ;-)
@mshesh16 I've heard that he was still a good player, but I'm German and not too familiar with the details of American Football/NFL. So maybe his protest was also motivated by self promotion, like so many "good deeds" and charities of celebreties. However, he has chosen a just cause and helped to message it. Or are you denying that, too? If so, than you are maybe one of the whites that just dosesn't want to hear the message, as the OP stated.
@mshesh16 like the other poster said, he can be wrong in one area of his life and still be ICONIC in another. I never called him perfect. He kneeled down what he believes in. Furthermore, my post was more to call out the hypocrisy of those against peaceful protest than give praise to video I clicked on. If you don't like him, just thumbs down the video and keep going. Why spend your precious time on someone you don't like?
@mshesh16 all your replies are doing is proving my original point. Colin kneeled- he's wrong. BLM peaceful protest is wrong and just because people are tired of Covid. No matter what the movement is wrong. The argument about blacks killing blacks is invalid at this time as that's not what's being highlighted at this particular moment.
Lol I love how people still acting like he’s being blackballed. J shows how media can make you believe anything.
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@@hmp5952 Thank you for sharing.
toasteh this is a good one to grab young mothers attention. I am an advocate for humanity. I pray all loving souls find truth so they may finally find peace. ruclips.net/video/EmML_1EeUyw/видео.html. This is a great one ruclips.net/video/dP_4D0etHKw/видео.html
Are you kidding me 🤷♀️🤪
They are all wayyy too afraid to hire him because your country is soooooo messed up, (I mean come onnnnnn 49% 😏 of Americans saw who that 💩🍊🤡 was and thought yes let’s give him another Four yearsssss 😳😒🤦♀️🤪) the owners are afraid of loosing a big number fans, fans like you 😳🤦♀️
That’s NUTS!! Like actually NUTSSSSS !!
Not the owners. The fans ( the me me me me me grew ) 🤪🤤
The 🌎😘
@Amy v he was a good quarterback until he couldn't read defenses and got benched once defense figured out to keep him in the pocket he couldn't do anything anymore offensively
“Stand up for what is right even if you stand alone. Stand up for truth, regardless of who steps on it” - Suzy Kassem
Exactly. So nobody should be afraid to speak out against this bullshit. BLM doesn’t care about black lives. If they did they’d acknowledge problems like abortion and other blacks that kill way more blacks than cops do. It’s about socialism, not civil rights. They even took the gun away from the Missouri man who was defending himself from the mob who smashed in his neighborhood gate. Wake up bro
Charles Pope Abortion isn’t just a black issue, it’s an issue that pertains to women and their freedom of choice, a choice which is being stripped from them due to men with a toxic level of arrogance oppressing women through policies and bills. It’s ironic how you’re speaking on your belief that Black people don’t care about other black people when this movement was re-sparked DUE to the mistreatment of other black people, it’s almost as if they are able to empathize with people who look themselves because they have the same fear of being brutalize by the authorities, I wonder why...
To address your overused cliche argument of “black on black” crime, those people tend to get caught, charged and convicted. There’s nothing to fight for there, the law does it’s job in that aspect, the problem occurs when officers are unable to extend the same level of professionalism when the criminal is one of their own. No one should be above the law and no one should be protected for committing atrocious acts against another human being, especially murder. A quick fun fact: 40% of murdered across the States go unsolved.
Thirdly, I’m not sure where you got your information from, no one took the gun away from that man and his wife that lived in the gated community in St. Louis. Matter of fact, the police got a warrant to search his house and confiscated the gun themselves. The Chief prosecutor put out a statement saying 'intimidation or threat of deadly force will not be tolerated'
You’re severely misinformed, where exactly are you getting your information from because it seems as though those sources have their own agenda....
Their*
Hey let’s talk about freedom of choice for a sec. why doesn’t the baby get to have a choice to live. Just cuz it’s a dumb baby? If it was a one year old killed the narrative would be totally different. You’re morally sick
“Women’s choice” my ass. Nobody should decide if another human lives
nfl won't even touch about that saint qb brees against black and pro flags so it would be a nada!
@Jason Crosby: And Drew Brees did apologize. I would call both Brees and Kaepernick patriots for different reasons. Sorry, buddy. Your racism is being ignored these days and when NASCAR does not respect the loser confederate flag any longer, you racists say that you will not support them any longer. Well, guess what? There are young folks out there regardless of race that may support NASCAR and some may in fact, become stock car racers themselves. I may go to a NASCAR event now that the confederate flag no longer can fly in them. And you mocking Kaepernick's name speaks to your apparent ignorance!
I had a seizure reading this
English plz
A black police officer in Georgia said he is ONLY KNEELING DOWN TO GOD & no man
Good for him! We should not bow to other men or women ever!
Sounds completely unrelated to this video
@Jonalyn Bato: When you kneel down to PROTEST injustice, aren't you kneeling down to God? God HATES injustice toward other people.
@@elainesmith7512 You can't tell these right wing clowns anything!
Thats his rights. When I kneel in support of BLM its to an ideal, not to any living man or woman.
Keeping Victimhood on Life Support
Bro why the hell did you have to take a damn knee
He is doing something unpopular; he could just enjoy his millions and forget about justice. He is choosing the hard path. But its the right path. This is courage at its best.
Bob V Garbage comment
@@devilcity5827 Being a racist hypocrite sure is the right path!
A very average football player who discovered he could make more money on race-grifting and virtue signalling. That's all there is to Colin.
Keep believing that, snowflake 😂😂😂
Hell yea
“The United States has become a place where celebrities and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance”. Robert Heinlein ~ To sail beyond the sunset.
What pisses me off is how their ostracizing him now. But in the future they'll be say he's such hero and an inspiration. Just like they did Muhammad Ali. Appreciate him NOW. We love you brother Colin. Thank you ♥️
He’s a brat, he literally just wants attention
@@charleskimbrough2315 Yet, here you are giving him attention 🤣🤣🤣
@@tweezee haha... grow up
@@charleskimbrough2315 take your own advice brat
no NFL team will ever sign him otherwise it would have happened a long time ago, he needs to accept that fact that his career is over
I don't think he really cares I'm pretty sure he kinda knew that was gone happen
@@michaelwhigham7762 he made enough money. He chose 4 his career to end. He put his political views in front of his profession. I have seen ppl dismissed from my company for the same thing. I guess tho, good 4 him. He stood up for what he believed in, foregoing money.
@@michaelwhigham7762 yet he still trying out for teams
From football star to an American Hero to Civil Rights Icon! And his life is just beginning.
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POS
More like a simp who is looked at as a coward
*clown
Just a puppet.
Colin just know that GOD says," I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you!!!!" For the Bible says LOVE is the greatest of all!!! LOVE!!!! Jesus loved the weak, the poor, the sick, and the lost!!! He sacrificed his life for them!!!!! For GOD so Loved the world that he gave his only begotten son!!!! God bless you and keep you for your sacrifice!!!!
Do you even pray?
The thing is, conservatives and Republicants the so called “fine Christians” don’t give an F about God, Christ and the Bible. Whatever you wrote to them is nonsense.
Get it? And they call themselves “Christians.”
Good luck with that!
But I agree with you.
Mary so you think the side that wants to kill innocent babies is the right side? Are you even a Christian?
No Jesus ,but great at starting race war......he was raised by rich white family...he doesn't know about hardships...suck a d kap
Calm down. Colin doesn't know or care what God says. ..and neither do you.
Let's not forget he praised Fidel Castro
And 9 yrs ago blessed folks while celebrating the 4th of July. He’s a walking oxymoron
Kaepernick is a fraud, that was appropriating a cause for his own gain.
Kaepernick was REALLY sitting because he had no control of his career any longer before the sitting and kneeling: 2015 Shoulder injury, $61m guarantee denied, only got $39m due to season ending injury, contract restructured plan failed in 2015, no team picked him up, QB Challenge against Blaine failed in Training Camp 2016.
Then, Colin knelt for the military because Nate Boyer told him to kneel, while Nate stands next to Kaepernick kneeling.
Kaepernick was really upset with the NFL, not against police brutality.
My question is, if Colin Kaepernick didn't have that shoulder injury in 2015 and he was still in his prime as a star quarterback, would Kaepernick have been this "activist" against police brutality?
I wish I had a time machine so I take kaepernick back to his birth parents and let them raise him
It’s odd he has the right to make these decisions and act them out.
🙄 another bot
Wtf are you talkin about? 😅
@@ItsJustSherirea right! 🙄 lol
Not odd just Faith
Ain't odd to me my knowledgeable friend, you also have the same rights. Hope that puts a smile on your dial.
Remember that two African-American athletes who raises their fist to the air at the Olympics? That’s the same with this dude!
inigojuancarlos history is repeating itself.
Not even remotely.
@@timber72 it's exactly the same , and you're the same as those racists
@@VibeinATLien lol that's abit of a stretch you dont know him yet you immedietly call him racist how about having a debate anf try to understand his perspective before you spout "racist" at the top of your lungs.
Kaepernick was REALLY sitting because he had no control of his career any longer before the kneeling: 2015 Shoulder injury, $61m guarantee denied, only got $39m due to season ending injury, contract restructured plan failed in 2015, QB Challenge against Blaine failed in Training Camp 2016
Then, knelt because Nate Boyer told him to kneel, while Nate stands next to Kaepernick kneeling.
Kaepernick was really upset with the NFL, not against police brutality.
Kap is NOT a victim.....
The blow up was fentenyl, not that it was not material.
SPOILER ALERT....HE TOOK A KNEE
The majority of liberal males are BISEXUAL and or HOMOSEXUAL.
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Not football. And it didn't work
For something that's proven to be rights all alone ..Ty kap
"He took a knee."
Tanya Harding did it better. 😂
@@TheLightSideReactions George took a knee too🙄
Funny how people criticized him then, even his own n now they want to be recognized for what he stood n still stands for... the hypocrisy in people
People are still laughing at him because he's a clown
Why did he disrespect the flag.
Hypocrisy like making millions off of slave labor?
@@bananka4905 it was never about the flag in the beginning it was y’all who changed the narrative y’all sad bro his initial reason for his stance was for the injustice in this country against black peoples
Leave it to ABC to call Kaepernick a “civil rights icon”.....absurd.....
WELL SAID!!! He wasn’t a great quarterback! He is doing this for media attention and the money! So ungrateful to his family and a racist!!!
@@lizseg1954 says the actual racist
… if the national anthem was so important to the NFL, they would shut down the concession stands during the anthem to ensure everyone in the building respects it, not just the athletes. America is bipolar when it comes to race relations!
Ok so they should make every station grind to a halt for essentially 45 seconds. There’s a difference between being preoccupied or even ignoring it, verses actively protesting against it.
Some people can't handle when you change the wallpaper in their safe place. #BustTheBubble
Its like taking the plastic off the couch
@@betokendollcrotchorourke6007 perfect analogy.
Like liberals no justice for Vanessa guillon kil by a black military officer ok
@@alfredoalcantar8691 not sure about the relevance of your comment. Yes she was killed. He wasn't a military officer. He was an enlisted soldier as she was. How can you compare that to law enforcement killing unarmed civilians?
Kap own biological mother went against him. Shows he’s resolute in his beliefs.
@Cast Films what does she know that he doesn't know?
@Cast Films Exactly
Cast Films he’s not a fool. He made plenty of money in his career. He’s prob one of the most talked about nfl players ever. He’s on the right side of history. The only fools here are NFL and everyone who booed him fucking sheep
Cast Films I don’t think Colin gives a rats ass about his birth mother. After all she gave him up for adoption when she gave birth to him.
@Roger Yelverton ask the birth mom who lay down with him and then pretended she did not.
Kaepernick and the NFL felt that being a civil rights activist was more important to him than football, that's why the NFL gave him the boot
and he was just a okay qb. If he was Patrick Maholes or Russel Wilson type player. He would still be a starter in the NFL. When your skills are less then your headache. You are gone.
Sweep under the rug? It's all I ever hear.
I do believe his intentions were good. But if he is down with looting rioting and arson I can’t be down with him
Oj made a statement too
I was wrong to disagree with Mr. Kaepernick. I was judging him by what I thought he was doing, as opposed to what he was actually doing.
It takes a strong person with strong morals and conviction to admit that they were wrong. Only some of us have that privilege of having such characters. Thank you.
#character
STAND FIRM WITH YOUR ORIGINAL DECISION!
No you were right
He’s an idiot
7:57 Watch the body cam footage and you’ll see that this part is propaganda. He was detained for 10min and once they determined he was not the active shooter they released him. It had nothing to do with his race whatsoever. He took off running when the cops got close to him and hopped a barrier into traffic. The cops found that suspicious and briefly detained him.
It's ALL propaganda
I have full respect for anyone with the balls to stand up to the machine
The irony is that these same fools voted IN the "machine/system"....lol...Aka Biden/Harris.
Smh. Come on, man. I'm a naturalized citizen AND a minority and I feel like I have better understanding of what is going on this country than people who have been here for more than a few generations.
Everyone complains about "the system" without actually looking at what is going on.
What machine? Like Nike where he’s making millions off slave labor
ABC news omitted all of Kaepernick's social justice work since his kneeling protest by using another black man saying "we have not heard from Kaepernick in a while." ABC news omitted Kaepernick's donations to Standing Rock protest against Dakota Access Pipeline, his Nike add, giving legal assistance and training.
Just like Muhammed Ali. Integrity, courage. Great man. He was right.
I agree💯💯💯
Don’t compare him to Ali ever again
@@hesomelo5910 Or what?
@@michelleautore2945 your just a straight dumbass if you compare Kap to Ali. Ali went through a time where segregation was allowed but you compare Kap to him
@@hesomelo5910 You are excused for your ignorance and disrespect. I am old enough to be your grandmother. I compared him to Ali because like Ali he risked his career, the wrath of white people, and being blacklisted by the NFL for speaking out against Police brutality and the murder of innocent Blacks by police, the same thing that got Ali blacklisted. He too spoke against Police brutality, racism in America, and the murder of innocent Blacks by Police. Ali is one of my heroes. I lived during segregation and the Civil Rights Movement, I am an elderly Black woman. How dare you refer to me as a dumbass. If you knew who you were talking to you would beg forgiveness child. Ali was born in the segregated south but when he spoke against racism, refused to be drafted, and spoke against Police murder and brutality against Blacks he was living and worshipping with The Nation of Islam on the South Side of Chicago. You need to do your homework and speak from a place of knowledge rather than emotion. Peace
I swear there gonna make a movie about him in the future
Do you think Tom hanks and Meryl Streep will play his parents ?
Why. And who would watch it.
Kap became a civil rights icon when he used his KNEE for a CAUSE and NOT to kill.
entitled pos
Yeah, and he really cares about that cause. You can tell by how much of his Nike money he's donated. I guess the kids working in Knight's sweat shops are there for after school activities.
"Kap" is a chump, a sukka, a joke. Sitting on the couch watching football instead of playing football. As it should be.
I don't even want to watch football no more....
Why not?? Cuz of kap
Double negative.
Equality and justice for all.✊🏿✊🏿
He got justice
Tell me your black without telling me your black
Colin Kaepernick: I'm the most oppressed millionaire spokesperson for a company that uses child slave labor!
Here is a fun fact,the military wasn't even recognized in anything having to do with football until 1968. In regards to disrespecting those who are Vets,ironically who you think gets killed by the police? Most Vets suffer from PTSD,are homeless, denied benefits in which they should be entitled to,police don't have the proper training dealing with mental illness, so if a person who served this country suffers from whatever illness, they end up getting killed through police interaction,so Kaepernick kneeled for them as well,but some don't look at the whole picture, just what fits their b.s narrative.
I’m glad people are realizing that he was only standing up for his black brothers and not trying to disrespect the flag because remember in the pledge of Alegion it says justice for all and that is not the case right now and in the past God bless us all we all deserve the right to justice for all 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Honest people always understood this. Trump and his fellow racists are panicked and trying to warp the story yet again into something other than what it is. May they all burn in hell...or worse.
makes sense thanks for the explanation. I understand both sides, but with understanding and dialogue you can make both sides understand peacefully
All along they knew the reason for his protest but didn't want to accept the ingrain racism n police killing of blacks
@@julioelado31 i do but at same time i am very patriotic so when i saw that image of a man kneeling it upset me for other reasons. i think we need to be open and more empathetic about other's experiences and justice for all. its always a gray area
@@Stormsinger99 Honestly. If he was disrespecting the flag I could understand.
I wouldn't want to stand for a flag that represents a country built on slavery and hate.
He tried to tell you. We all kneeled with him. You didn’t WANT TO LISTEN. Now you have the audacity to be angry. Hypocrites. Smh
Nobody is angry, dude.
DoubleJ
Can you name those obvious reasons?
DoubleJ facts
We knew about this issue before he kneeled though.
DoubleJ daaamn you smacked him down!
Colin is the only icon I know sitting on the bench with no future in the NFL.
"Kneeling is the Act of Submission. Not an Act of Defiance."
I beh to differ, I won't salute the colonists flag.
@@tinadraper9143 You can still do that standing up, which requires the use of a real backbone and surrounding muscles. That's when animal evolves to man or vice versa. We are watching evolution of different species in the dream state. He is back in the metaverse on bended knee on a Jesus billboard. I think Eminem was also just kneeling at the Superbowl. A billboard is programming and the attention you pay us the currency. The question is how does it pay YOU back?
So why do players kneel when a player goes down in the field, because it’s disrespectful??!! C’mon !!!
They don’t do it when the national anthem is playing. Standing for the national anthem is and always has been a sign of respect for this country
Good point
Franz Kafka fluff?? You are no true American.
And Kaepernick will never be a legend.
What kind of logic is this lmao
Idiot thinking all kneeling has to mean the same thing LMAO
Check out when Fiji Rugby Sevens recieved there first Gold medal during the 2016 Olympic they knelt down too.
Ok, I was on his side until i heard Al Sharpton speak on his behalf.
Don’t know if I’ll put him on icon status. However, I will say activist in his “own right”. Icons are Ali, king, newton, X, and Stokley.
Nah. He never had a single civil rights activities before that. He only started it after he was benched.
You sound stupid 💀 you mad bro.
@Baiel Asan you reaching. Sit down. Go watch hockey.
@Baiel Asan Stupid and ignorant fools don't wanna accept the truth bruh. Don't sweat for them. And his Arab wife is a leftist activist bruh. Kapernick is also half white and was raised by white couple. He never experienced hardships and don't know anything about life in the black neighborhood.
Thanks for brining this up. Some key facts that were overlooked.
1. Kneeling for the National anthem started AFTER he was benched on a 2-14 SF team.
2. He opted out of the final year of his contract with SF PRIOR to being benched
3. Was offered a contract by John Elway (known for his conservative views by the way) for $7 million to be a back up. He refused reportedly because he not only wanted to be paid more money, but also wanted a guaranteed starting job.
Funny how all of these facts have been forgotten
@King Crusader right on just another tactics that half these lost souless fools fell for, his ass don't know 💩 about injustice only about been benched now he wants to claim his black underprivileged right.
Became a fan when he started kneeling
@Oliver ClothesOff I hate injustice, not the U.S.A.
@mshesh16 Nike sponsors the entire NFL! So I guess you also hate Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, Tom Brady...
BesTexas him kneeling is a heroic thing for you lmfao you don’t deserve to have a texas logo for your profile pic and you don’t deserve to be an American with that fake news drama
@@TheTruthUSA Never said he was a hero, but you have to admire someone who gave up millions of dollars to stand up(or kneel)for what he believes in. Instead of just saying, "fake news", make a point.
My family has been in Texas before it was called Texas. I have every right to fly that flag, just as you have the right to fly the confederate flag, just not at NASCAR!
@mshesh16 Every American is part of the corporate machine.
You're trying to change the narrative. He was trying to bring attention to the fact that the police were killing black people. If you don't believe that, there's this video going around about this guy named Geor......
I’m Honduran 🇭🇳 and African American 🇺🇸
God bless Jesus loves and has a plan for all have a blessed day! This wasn’t the right way to do it at all and caused a lot of problems but I pray we can all come together in him
Ike how China comes in him all the time
AMEN
NFL NBA might be done till we fix this..
Looks like the BLMNBA is done! How prophetic! look at the ratings!!!!!!!!!!
I cried watching this video....damn we as humans has to do better while we on this earth! Equal people equal rights for all!
You soft asf!
Please understand there is NO SUCH THING AS EQUALS! Not even in HEAVEN!!!
Anthony Leonard Colin Kap was trash at football he really went 2-14 and was carried by Alex smith to the super bowl 😂 they tryna make it seem like he was elite, he protest Is right but man stop suckin him he was weak at football
Jason Wyatt no one cares about football thanks for nothing little guy
Doctor Boyd it’s good to be soft all real men can cry. You have a heart ♥️ ignore the haters.
On the eve of the Superbowl we still dispute inequalities. A divided nation is easy to attack. Unity matters. 2016.
This man, is now in the same lineage with civil rights greats, in simple terms yall can now call him The Great Collin KAEPERNICK
Colon Fraudpernick sounds better.
As it's evident police brutality is DEFINITELY real against Americans and proportionally affecting the Black community. Kaepernick was appropriating a cause for his own gain.
Kaepernick was REALLY sitting because he had no control of his career any longer before the sitting and kneeling: 2015 Shoulder injury, $61m guarantee denied, only got $39m due to season ending injury, contract restructured plan failed in 2015, no team picked him up, QB Challenge against Blaine failed in Training Camp 2016.
Then, Colin knelt for the military because Nate Boyer told him to kneel, while Nate stands next to Kaepernick kneeling.
Kaepernick was really upset with the NFL, not against police brutality.
My question is, if Colin Kaepernick didn't have that shoulder injury in 2015 and he was still in his prime as a star quarterback, would Kaepernick have been this "activist" against police brutality?
Told you so!!! Go Kap!
Jesse Owens was celebrated in Germany more, than in the US.
Chapeau(!!!) to Colin, to Nike, to Netflix!
Colin reminds me of uncle rico on napoleon dynamite tryin to throw a football over a mountain. Just no kap it's over bubs your wap
Kap a man before his TIME
He wears 49er color,,,,weak
Trump: it won’t happen, he’s disrespecting the country.
Obama : he’s exercising his constitutional rights.
We love you Obama
That's how much it takes to bribe you? No wonder swindlers like Obama and Biden can become presidents nowadays.
@@angrythompson5568 ur a sad, angry man
You do, we don't. We love Trump, who was the best President we had in decades.
Because colin has a good heart and he proved it he made a difference.
This is a perfect example of a person who over exaggerates his importance in this world!!! (Anger-issues, Collin???) JDP
Now he's running for office with an endorsement from the Lemon Party
I wish he’d run for president
Kap is my Hero!!! Stood for people who look like me.
So all you got to do is kneel and true America shines. 😮Man Americas backhand is strong. Pimp down,
Everyone has a right to disagree with a protest.
If these Black players want to make a statement, that has a real impact, they will sit out the entire 2020-21 season.
"These black players" okay racist scumbag.
@@ryanrafiq7904 Sorry homie, I am Black!!😂😂😂😂😂😂 So yeah, the Black players!
@Dirty Autobot The economic impact to the owners will be far greater, if they sit out the entire season. Money is what the owners pay more attention to, and care about.
Rizz B keep on tap dancing buck
@@TheBananaBoba Imagine a name Fat Fuckeroo, telling someone to keep dancing.😂😂😂😂😂😂 Nice try, keep it moving. Change is coming coward!!
I want to see collin and the world welcoming him back to the NFL and justice is put on the table for his sacrifice of his people.
Not just for his people... for all people, no one is above anyone injustice is injustice..
When he sued them and called them slave masters? Nobody wants him back.
Thank u, this story wz done Well 🙏🙏❣️
What does shadow gate mean
I still wear my colin jersey.this dude made the most costly decision as far as money .but as far as his pride and what he belived in was bigger. Your a real champ colin
you might as well wear a picture of a toilet brush on your shirt Looks no different
@@kevinhertzog3724 civil rights is a toilet brush? Gotcha. We know why kind of human being you are
@@toohawg their lives don’t matter tbh.
Anti caucasian C--T
Interesting fact I never knew about Rosa Parks....after that bus stunt homegirl did not work again. Wasn't safe, couldn't in peace. Assaulted and robbed in her house at age 81. The guy who founded Lil Caesars paid her rent for the rest of her life. There needs to be more emphasis to on what people who were brave enough to stand up against injustice went and still go through. Yes he did a great thing but my heart aches he can't play and I'm sure he has doubted himself and for so many to not eveb make it in and he did. Thats one heavy cross to bear.
Rosa Park situation was staged, that's probably why she wasn't safe. Kapernick is a fake as well. He compared the NFL to slavery, but he's now trying to get back into the NFL...smh. BLM organization is also a fake, the leaders of that organization are using the funds to buy themselves luxurious things, and houses. A whole lot of fakery.
I wish players was praised for being good at the game not because of there race or views in politics
Celebrities are always praises/hated for their views. Everyone is being judged for their race regardless of how they are, just accept it i guess.
I am a young black man. I know people felt like he was disrespecting the flag, but he wasn’t. I love this country’s flag. My great great great grandfather fought for it in the civil war and my great grandfather fought for it in WW2. One of my brothers even enlisted when he was younger. When those players kneeled, it wasn’t out of disrespect, I know that with all my heart. It was about preventing George Floyd and Jacob Blake. Black people have been beaten in the street in the U.S. by our own police force. It’s wrong and has to stop. So please don’t feel like we disrespect the flag, we are only trying to send a message. And Kaepernick knew that by doing it like that, it would get the most attention.
You need to do some research on those two guys and find some new heroes
People didn’t WANT to understand! If people had listened and opened up the dialogue we may not be where we are now. Even now are those who will REFUSE to understand! Colin is a freaking hero!
Thats funny
He's dumber than a box of rocks. The writing was on the wall that he was a fluke so to remain relevant he took the knee. Oh wait, the dumbass sat on the bench during the anthem first. Kap never had to struggle with his white family. Dudes a joke
Colin Kaepernick is a hero ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽
@Mureen Jason Your high bro
Hero’s don’t profit off slave labor like he does with Nike
I'm not American and I don't know football but I'm a fan
The issue that needs to be addressed is the culture in the inner city but nobody wants to talk about that...... where "street cred" is more important than using your head and saving your own life.
Its always being talked about,adressed but you cant change a fools mind that doesnt want to do right.ever think about those who are law abiding citizens that live in these inner city neighborhoods that have the same fear of the dooe pushers and gangs,there have been many programs,and activists who have tried to stop this for decades.
Racism is always gonna be here no matter what
I’m so happy to see this man finally vindicated 🇲🇼❤️
lol what?
The guy knew his football career was done, so he decided to pull one of the most assanine & disrespectful PR stunts in modern history.
He is nothing more than a rich, entitled brat, raised by white parents while living an upper class lifestyle his entire life. The fact that so many people buy into rhis garbage is so disheartening.
If he really cared, he would downsize his mansion, stop flying private and donate the majority of his obscene amount of money to end violence in black communities. Kneeling during the national anthem (which honors the ACTUAL American heroes) does not make you a hero as well. It makes you a garbage human being.
@@rosebud4467 you sound dumb asf
@@Mj-uz1ng he's right his career was over already due to his injury and his contract not getting guaranteed lol he did this to just stay relevant
No wonder he is in text books now. It wasn’t until George Floyd that people began to understand his message.
All part of a political narrative. Propaganda
@@hansjuker8296 I have no political point in this, I’m just saying, athletes did follow Kaepernick in response and I’m speaking from people who come a sports culture background.
You did this to yourself!
You could have been ......
now Tim . Has an offer!
Get into Politics? You’ll fit right in!