What's going on with Colin Kaepernick? It's about more than his protest of the National Anthem, which if you go by his reasoning, is pretty much a protest of the country. It's how he has become a radical. The transformation happened before he protested the anthem. He was showing what he was about on his social media sites, but people weren't paying attention. If you don't believe me check out his twitter, and instagram accounts. They are full of controversial, and often racist shit. He has jumped on the BLM bandwagon, and his beliefs, often times, goes right along with theirs, even when it's proven wrong. According to his instagram he doesn't believe Sandra Bland committed suicide. He likes the original Black Panthers, and apparently Assata Shakur as well. He believes that Martin Luther King's murder was part of a government conspiracy according to this post https://www.instagram.com/p/BAs7z23NBMs/?hl=en. He has posted an anti police message from Malcolm X, and he likes Nat Turner. He might not like integration that much, but I'm not sure about that. Pretty strange for a guy who looks more white than black, and was adopted by a white couple. Some people think the media is going tough on him, but I think the media is going easy on him. Maybe it's the soft bigotry of low expectations, or maybe something else. If you want to go after him, you can go further than some socks with pigs in police hats. His twitter and instagram accounts give you plenty more to criticize him for. Some people believe that it was his girlfriend Nessa Diab who was changed his ways. She is a black muslim woman, who is BLM. Colin converted to Islam, and is now protesting, and speaking on police brutality. I don't know how true it is, but it's realistic to think that she was influential in changing his mindset.
The socks with the pigs in police hats was one thing. Even the media couldn't agree with him on that one. They have mainly tried take the focus away from that. It happened before he protested the anthem. Then there was that shirt with the image of Malcolm X, and Fidel Castro. Just after protesting the anthem because of the perceived oppression of non whites in this country, he wore a shirt with an image of a man who really oppressed people. It seems like the decision of a person lacking in knowledge, or just lacking in self awareness.
Kaepernick hasn't been commenting much since his protest. He is being careful, and trying to look out for his image. The problem is, before he even protested, he already showed his hand on his social media accounts. He has gotten away with it, but I would really like for someone to ask him the tough questions. Right now they are so afraid of offending black people, and I can understand that. People who have criticized him have been called all types of shit. Blacks who have gone against his stance have been called coons, and whites have been considered racist for it. If anything he is being protected by a mostly white media, which is very different from how many activists/complainers thought it would be. In fact it's different from how many of them portray it. Some of one act as if he's getting it worse than Ryan Locte. Kap's jersey is the highest selling in the league, and he's a backup quarterback that hasn't been good in a few years. It would be nice to give him the benefit of the doubt, but if I am being honest, I can't. Despite how white he looks, and the fact that his adoptive parents are white, i will say this. (Kanye West voice) Colin Kaepernick don't like white people.
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