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Kaepernick knelt during the playing of the National Anthem

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During a spike in police brutality towards people of color.

Black people and people of color are being oppressed.

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"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."

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To bring systemic racial and ethnic inequality closer to the front of American minds

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Deep-seated racism in the US since African slavery in 1969

Slavery was America’s “original sin”

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American football player who had success as a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers (2011-16)

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Racial Inequality

Ethnic inequality

Kaepernick's goal: To bring systemic racial and ethnic inequality closer to the front of American minds

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Veterans and the military took this as a sign of disrespect

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Kapernick is protected under the First Amendment since he was a free agent

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https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/kaepernicks-kneeling-protest-still-misunderstood-five-years-later/1162721/#:~:text=His%20goal%20was%20to%20bring,more%20peaceful%20and%20just%20society

https://www.nfl.com/news/colin-kaepernick-explains-why-he-sat-during-national-anthem-0ap3000000691077

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/systemic-racism-and-america-today/