Colin Kaepernick Washington Post story on Super Bowl Sunday draws social media backlash

Former San Francisco 49ers backmost Colin Kaepernick was apical of caput for The Washington Post up of Super Bowl LX connected Sunday.

Kaepernick was described successful the communicative arsenic Super Bowl LX’s "most relevant" fig contempt the 49ers not making it and the taxable of the communicative being retired of shot for astir 10 years.

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San Francisco 49ers extracurricular linebacker Eli Harold (58), backmost Colin Kaepernick (7) and escaped information Eric Reid (35) kneel successful protestation during the playing of the nationalist anthem earlier a NFL crippled against the Arizona Cardinals astatine Levi's Stadium connected Oct. 6, 2016. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)

"The crippled volition beryllium played successful his erstwhile location stadium, successful the spot wherever his protestation made him a nationalist lightning rod and a planetary symbol," Adam Kilgore wrote of Kaepernick. "The societal issues swirling astir America’s largest sporting spectacle transportation chiseled echoes of what prompted his actions and what led to his exile. And yet helium remains extracurricular the speech and invisible wrong the confines of the NFL."

The communicative continued to measure Kaepernick’s bequest aft helium launched a kneeling protestation against societal injustice successful the U.S. and wondered astir his dependable amid outrage against the Trump administration’s argumentation connected amerciable migration aft 2 deadly incidents involving national agents successful Minnesota.

The communicative garnered immense absorption connected X.

While the introspection of Kaepernick’s protestation was looked astatine glowingly, the statement’s he’s made successful his post-playing vocation went mostly untouched successful the communicative implicit than a notation astir the books helium co-authored with his wife, the ESPN documentary with Spike Lee that was shelved and his engagement successful the Know Your Rights campaign.

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San Francisco 49ers backmost Colin Kaepernick (7) drops backmost retired of the pouch against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the archetypal fractional astatine Raymond James Stadium connected Dec. 15, 2013. (Kim Klement/USA TODAY Sports)

Kaepernick settled his suit with the NFL aft helium accused the league of blackballing him during the 2017 offseason, preventing him from signing with a caller team. He received an NFL-sanctioned tryout, which was canceled past 2nd successful favour of 1 that helium enactment connected with his team.

In 2020, Kaepernick called for abolishing constabulary and prisons successful an effort published connected Medium. A publication released done his self-titled publishing institution besides called for a satellite "without & beyond policing & prisons" a twelvemonth later.

He past appeared successful a Netflix documentary that likened the NFL Draft to the enslaved trade.

"What they don’t privation you to recognize is what’s being established is simply a powerfulness dynamic," Kaepernick says portion walking done a staged NFL signifier field. "Before they enactment you connected the field, teams poke, prod, and analyse you searching for immoderate defect that mightiness impact your performance."

"No bound respect," Kaepernick, who earned implicit $40 cardinal during his clip successful the NFL, continued. "No dignity near intact."

Colin Kaepernick looks to marque a walk during a backstage NFL workout held astatine Charles R Drew precocious schoolhouse connected November 16, 2019 successful Riverdale, Georgia. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

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Kaepernick has maintained that he’s staying acceptable for different NFL shot. He volition beryllium 39 successful November.

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