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Watch: 3 Athletes Who Risked It All Before Colin Kaepernick
When now-former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee to bring attention to injustice, he may have lost his career simply by speaking out. We’ve seen this happen before: Muhammad Ali gave up almost four of his prime fighting years to stand against the Vietnam War, and Tommie Smith and John Carlos were…
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Kaepernick’s Attorney Believes the Quarterback Could Be Signed ‘in the Next 10 Days’
Colin Kaepernick’s long wait to get back in an NFL uniform may be over soon, according to his lawyer Mark Geragos. Bleacher Report was the first to report the story. “I think within the next 10 days somebody will sign him,” Geragos said in an appearance on The Adam Carolla Show that was posted Tuesday.…
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2nd Texas Student Sues Her High School Over Treatment After Not Standing for Pledge of Allegiance
In what now has to be a familiar scenario, two African Americans are using the courts to battle injustice in these United States. This time it’s two young black women from the sometimes-not-so-great state of Texas, who are taking their respective schools to court for the right not to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.…
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Contrary to Previous Reports, Colin Kaepernick Was Not Invited to Past or Future Meetings Between NFL Team Owners and Players
Last week, NFL Executive Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs Joe Lockhart told reporters that he fully expected Colin Kaepernick to be invited to attend the next meeting between NFL players, their representatives and the league to discuss how the NFL could better support players in their activism efforts. Those comments were echoed by…
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Nev. Campus Police Officer Dons Racist Costume to Mock Colin Kaepernick’s Protest
A police officer at the alma mater of Colin Kaepernick donned a Halloween costume that mocked the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback for his silent protests of racial injustice and the police shootings of unarmed black men. After pictures of the offensive costume circulated on campus as well as social media, the university police chief…
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‘I Can’t Be Racist Because My Best Friend Is Black and Lives in the Condo I Own’ Is the Whitest Thing I’ve Ever Heard This Week
As a professional observer, curator, interpreter, documentarian and even occasional appreciator of blatant and reckless acts of shameless whiteness, I’ve seen and read about enough types of aggressively white behavior now to last five lifetimes. Particularly in regard to racism (anti-blackness, specifically). I’m like an old and fat NBA point guard who’s able to stay…
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Report: NFL Executive Tried to Keep Eric Reid Out of Meeting With Owners for Kneeling During Anthem
Troy Vincent—the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations—played a key role in bringing players and owners together to discuss and hash out their differences over players’ protests against inequality and police violence during the pregame national anthem. San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid has been one of the most consistent and vocal supporters of…
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Colin Kaepernick Will Finally Get His Seat at the Table When the NFL Meets Players Next Week—but Will He Take It?
When the NFL meets with players and their representatives next week to discuss how the league can better support activism efforts by players, it is expected that Colin Kaepernick will be invited to participate in that discussion. In a conference call with reporters Wednesday, NFL Executive Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs Joe Lockhart…
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Media’s ‘Mass Delusion About Race’: Not Enough Are Connecting the Dots With Trump
Is FCC’s Repeal Good or Bad for People of Color? To the End, Fats Domino Was a New Orleanian Chicago’s Black Poor Pay 20 Percent More for Water Study Shows Racial Disparities in Plea Deals Writer Subpoenaed in Laquan McDonald Case Telemundo Announces Investigative Unit Female Editors, Too, Were Silent on Harassment Kaepernick Book Deal…
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Colin Kaepernick Reportedly Signs Book Deal Worth $1,000,000
Social justice warrior and displaced NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has remained relatively mum on the subject of his silent protests and his feelings about his current employment situation, but perhaps we are about to hear from him in his own words, and not through the filter of a reporter. Page Six reports that Kaepernick recently…