When he had the opportunity, Colin Kaepernick knelt to bring attention to an important and sad fact about America, namely how our racism results in the impoverishment and the early sudden death of black people, by violent means if not by by disease.<\/p>\n
And what can I do about this?\u00a0 I am not an NFL player.\u00a0 In fact, I am done with the NFL. I\u00a0am an older privileged white guy who pays $50 a year to have a website and write a blog, and I support Colin Kaepernick, as I have done before on this site, here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Nike shoe-burning by American racists\/supremacists who want to make sure that black people know “their place” reminded me of the 1966 Southern Baptist bonfires of Beatles items, when John Lennon dared compare the Beatles’ popularity to that of Jesus.\u00a0 Insult what we believe and we will torch you, was (and is) their poisonous message.<\/p>\n The poison persists and runs down the river, splashing over the rocks, baptising those who willingly stand in that current of hate, mistaking the force of the current for truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When he had the opportunity, Colin Kaepernick knelt to bring attention to an important and sad fact about America, namely how our racism results in the impoverishment and the early sudden death of black people, by violent means if not … Continue reading