Colin Kaepernick has become a household name, he has made waves with his stance to not stand during the playing of our National Anthem. He has received negative backlash, and also positive feedback regarding his decision; however in his game last night against the San Diego Chargers, he decided to take a knee instead of sitting it out.
Colin Kaepernick began the game by taking a knee during the national anthem. The veteran quarterback ended it with reason to hope he’ll have more games with the San Francisco 49ers.
Kaepernick passed for 103 yards after kneeling in protest alongside teammate Eric Reid during the national anthem in the Niners’ 31-21 preseason victory over the San Diego Chargers on Thursday night.
Kaepernick and Reid, a starting safety who wasn’t playing, declined to stand for the anthem before a preseason game dedicated to military appreciation by the Chargers. Kaepernick has decided not to stand this season to draw attention to American racial injustice, minority oppression and a litany of additional concerns ranging from police brutality to military veterans’ rights.
“The message is that we have a lot of issues in this country that we need to deal with,” Kaepernick said. “We have a lot of people that are oppressed. We have a lot of people that aren’t treated equally, that aren’t given equal opportunities.”
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Kaepernick says that he is not anti-military or anti-America. He believes that we have issues in America that need to be addressed. I guess we will see how this plays out in the weeks to come.