Colin Kaepernick refuses “to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people”...

[Trillfate]

I'm more shocked that he gettin $600k for a show

Bingo! He knows who his fanbase is

 

[Idiopathic Joker]

Waste of a thread

 

[AZTG]

Waste of a thread

Better than your gay ass shemale thread

 

[Trollio]

Who

 

[fortyacres]

this nigga ?

 

[the_focused_one]

That's what I expect a white supremacist to say about a black man standing up for black people and calling out white supremacy.

So now Kid Rock is a white supremacist... ... ... ... ok.

 

[dnyce215]

He still feeling the ether when he got played back in the day

 

[Trillfate]

That's what I expect a white supremacist to say about a black man standing up for black people and calling out white supremacy.

So now Kid Rock is a white supremacist... ... ... ... ok.

Yep

 

[Broddie]

Hip hop takes an L for embracing this cac

Typical of most white men. They always come forward as progressive allies in their 20s to appropriate outside culture. Then just end up ideologically becoming their fathers or grandaddies when they reach their 40s.

 

[huey]

Didn't he run away from his rich parents and try to become the original eminem?

 

[jono]

He's not from Detroit, that's all I have to say

 

[konceptjones]

Wasn't he a rapper & into black women once upon a time?

Yep. From Metro Detroit too.

Hopefully Tha D will wash our collective hands of this asshat and turn our backs on him.

Muhfucka got a cosign by Ice Cube and Too $hort back inna day and this is how he turns out???

 

[blackgod813]

Hes raising a black son..but he wack he changed or never was shit but a baser

 

[fortyacres]

why wont the mayor of Detroit Trick Trick handle this ?

 

[silverfoxx]

Holy shit this country is showing how truly racist it is right now.

 

[texasdaking88]

why wont the mayor of Detroit Trick Trick handle this ?

U know them niggas only try to intimidate and extort other black men

 

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https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnn-seg...ck-football-players-arent-politically-active/

CNN Segment Blows Up as Ben Ferguson Suggests Black Football Players Aren’t Politically Active

Before yesterday’s preseason game between the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants, twelve Browns players knelt while the National Anthem played to protest racial and social injustice. Last night’s demonstration gained even more notice as it was the first time since the pre-game protests first drew notoriety last year that a white NFL player took part.

During a CNN panel discussion this afternoon on the issue, conservative political commentator Ben Ferguson drew the ire of everyone else when he suggested that the players involved — all but one are black — aren’t politically active. And, besides questioning their political and social awareness, Ferguson went so far as to question whether or not they were even registered to vote.

Sportswriter Dave Zirin got the discussion started by stating that more NFL players are getting involved in the protest because of the Charlottesville protest and their belief that quarterback Colin Kaepernick is without a job because of his high-profile protests. This led Ferguson to attempt to get into a sports debate with Zirin, claiming Kaepernick isn’t playing because he lost a lot of games, leading to Zirin highlighting Kaep’s actual stats.

Following Ferguson’s trashing of Kaepernick, the talk radio host went on to question the sincerity of the players involved in last night’s demonstration.

“How many of the guys that were kneeling last night were involved in the off-season in any type of protest at the local or state level?” Ferguson declared. “How many of the guys kneeling went out there and mentored young African-American men in their community in the off-season? How many of them got involved in politics at all in the off-season? In fact, how many of them are even registered to vote or voted in the last election?”

When Zirin pointed out that there were players that were very active in their communities, Ferguson once again asked how many were registered to vote, causing political commentator Keith Boykin to accuse Ferguson of using “diversionary tactics.”

And the segment would go on like this for a few more minutes, with Ferguson again pounding home his suggestion that the players weren’t involved in the community nor cared about politics, pointing to their social media accounts as proof. A clearly perturbed Zirin would at one point tell Ferguson he was being “prejudicial” by assuming these players weren’t socially aware and active.

Following all three men shouting over each other, Boykin said this was all a “red herring” tossed out by Ferguson, telling the conservative commentator that he didn’t get to tell anyone when or how to protest. “That’s not your job,” Boykin added.

 

[sideon1984]

Didn't he run away from his rich parents and try to become the original eminem?

 

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http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...raw-deal-naacp-seeks-roger-goodell-meeting-qb

HenryAaron says Colin Kaepernick 'getting a raw deal'; NAACP seeks Goodell meeting over QB

Baseball legend Henry Aaron and the NAACP have weighed in on the fate of unsigned quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Aaron, in an online video published Wednesday by AllThatTV, said he thinks Kaepernick is "getting a raw deal" and called on an NFL team to give the outspoken quarterback "a chance to do his thing."

Later Wednesday, the NAACP said that it is seeking a meeting with Roger Goodell to discuss Kaepernick, writing in a letter to the NFL commissioner that it is "no sheer coincidence" that the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback remains unsigned.

Derrick Johnson -- the NAACP's interim president and CEO -- says "no player should be victimized and discriminated against because of his exercise of free speech."

Kaepernick became a controversial figure last year after he refused to stand for the national anthem in what he called a protest against oppression of people of color. He opted out of his contract in March and became a free agent.

The Baltimore Ravens and Seattle Seahawks both have looked into signing Kaepernick this offseason.

Aaron, who faced racial prejudice when he broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record in 1974, specifically mentioned the Ravens -- his favorite team -- and general manager Ozzie Newsome.

"[Kaepernick] has gone to all these camps, I suppose, and nobody seems to think he stands a chance to be a No. 1 [quarterback]," Aaron told interviewer Roland S. Martin. "Here's a man, a young player, that almost carried a team to a championship, to a Super Bowl. I think somebody needs to give this man a chance."

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Has Kap spoken out about the actual NFL situation yet? Here's the only problem I have with this whole thing. When people actually want to compete for a slot on an NFL team, they spend basically the whole offseason training and working with people to help build a case for getting put on a team. I don't think Kap has done any of that, but someone can correct me if I'm wrong. I think he's been doing a lot of charitable and philanthropic stuff this summer. That's dope, but you can't exactly fault coaches for asking if football is what he wants to do in light of that.

I'm not saying that Kap doesn't deserve a shot. I'm just not convinced that he cares about all of this as much as a lot of the people defending him.