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Ya'll are acting like MLK was this saintly sanitized hero. Its CLEAR you haven't a clue what he really thought of our country, working class rights, etc. Because if you did, you wouldn't be saying what you are IRT Kaepernick being featured on the same cover as MLK. Any passing student of MLK knows, at least somewhat, how radical he really was.
Please stop with the fake outrage over the memory of MLK. Those in the know, know better.
Exactly.
When he was alive, MLK was actually quite reviled by the powers that be, because he was challenging their authority. No surprise.
Other sports stars who challenged the system - Muhammad Ali, Curt Flood, Tommie Smith and John Carlos - were also strongly criticized at the time. However, history has treated them much more kindly.
Kapernick may very well follow in their footsteps - he's taking the heat now, but in time he'll be honored.
Would he still be fighting for rights that have already been afforded? Doubtful. Would he be fighting for equality of outcome now that equality of opportunity has been afforded? Also doubtful... He would probably be lamenting the disintegration of the black family and speaking at funerals in Chicago.
Funny to hear a bunch of mostly white cons who would have opposed MLK back in the day pretend like they can speak for what he would say today.
You conveniently left out the fact that police homicides is what led to the whole Kaepernick kneeling thing, not "equality of outcomes.". So you're being disingenuous right out of the gate
Funny to hear a bunch of mostly white cons who would have opposed MLK back in the day pretend like they can speak for what he would say today.
You conveniently left out the fact that police homicides is what led to the whole Kaepernick kneeling thing, not "equality of outcomes.". So you're being disingenuous right out of the gate
how do you know I am white?
how do you know cons would oppose MLK?
yes police homicides where in many cases the perpetrator tried to escape or attack the officer, and also ignore that there have been whites who have been unfairly shot by the police
When he was alive, MLK was actually quite reviled by the powers that be, because he was challenging their authority. No surprise.
Other sports stars who challenged the system - Muhammad Ali, Curt Flood, Tommie Smith and John Carlos - were also strongly criticized at the time. However, history has treated them much more kindly.
Kapernick may very well follow in their footsteps - he's taking the heat now, but in time he'll be honored.
yes police homicides where in many cases the perpetrator tried to escape or attack the officer, and also ignore that there have been whites who have been unfairly shot by the police
Name ONE contemporary of MLK you've supported in the last 20 years. Every single prominent civil rights activist has lacked a race hustler by people like you. You expect us to believe you a. actually respect MLK and his movement, and b. wouldn't hate him today like you hate every other person talking about Black issues you don't want to hear. Riiiight...lol
Kap is mostly white genetically and was raised white by a white family in a white neighborhood....he's a person that has succeeded mostly because of white privilege as he is a mediocre QB especially when it come to leadership and decision making. He adds nothing of value to public discourse.
So kinda like Obama. White mother raised in a white world. Only turned black when he could make a buck offa his black side.
So kinda like Obama. White mother raised in a white world. Only turned black when he could make a buck offa his black side.
Sure.
I'll take that as someone who supports Kaepernick's rights as an American. Better than OJ who only embraced his blackness when he was on trial for a double murder.
The way some people get so riled up about Colin Kaepernick and are so quick to attack him in any way they can, it is unsettling.
Well at least he isn't being attacked by opposing defenses anymore. OOPS!!!
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