Gil Scott-Heroin
Veteran
Before I get into the issue I have with how he's exhibited this, I'll say first that, comparing it to slavery is often lost through translation because folks are always going to take it in the most literal sense, which they're not wrong to, but it's only meant to be interpreted through principle. We all know the only other option slaves had was death, whereas these players are free to do whatever they want. There's not meant to be a checklist, where you run down an entire moral inventory to make sure that it fits the description of being enslaved.
It's meant to illustrate the "power dynamic" between [Black] players and the organization and owners. It is the proverbial modern-day slavery.
The problem I have with it here is: it seems like Kaepernick is running a hustle, a visual mimesis, intertwining the realities of both, as if they stand side-by-side, all as he narrates in his tailored suit, orderly 'fro and beard. Discourse of this nature is not meant to be shown through a lens of glamorization and delineation; it's distasteful, corny, and it only subtracts from the point which is trying to be conveyed.
It's meant to illustrate the "power dynamic" between [Black] players and the organization and owners. It is the proverbial modern-day slavery.
The problem I have with it here is: it seems like Kaepernick is running a hustle, a visual mimesis, intertwining the realities of both, as if they stand side-by-side, all as he narrates in his tailored suit, orderly 'fro and beard. Discourse of this nature is not meant to be shown through a lens of glamorization and delineation; it's distasteful, corny, and it only subtracts from the point which is trying to be conveyed.
