"True to the theme that he’s been nationally talking about – or rather, taking a knee for – since last summer, former 49er Colin Kaepernick attended an “Unthanksgiving Day” celebration on Alcatraz Island.The Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Ceremony, held annually on Thanksgiving since 1975, commemorates the survival of Native American peoples following the settlement of Europeans in the Western Hemisphere.
Kaepernick began making headlines in August when a photographer spotting him sitting during the national anthem.
He told reporters that he sat, or took a knee, because he was fighting to combat the oppression of people of color and ongoing issues with police brutality.
His act of civil disobedience has divided the country, from President Trump, who said Kapernick's actions are disrespectful and worthy of firing, to GQ Magazine, whose editors named him 'Citizen of the Year.'..."
Read on!
No comments:
Post a Comment