THE MOVEMENT WAS NEVER ABOUT COLIN KAEPERNICK.
SALUTE TO HIM FOR BEING INFLUENCED BY BLACK LIVES MATTER AND DECIDING TO USE HIS VOICE TO BRING ATTENTION TO POLICE OFFICERS KILLING BLACK PEOPLE, BUT WE GOTTA GET OFF THIS HERO WORSHIP AND KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE.
COLIN STARTED KNEELING IN PROTEST BECAUSE OF POLICE KILLINGS OF BLACK PEOPLE THAT WASN’T GETTING THE ATTENTION IT DESERVED.
NOT BECAUSE THE NFL WASN'T PAYING HIM OR ALLOWING HIM TO PLAY.
THEY STOPPED PAYING HIM, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF HIS PROTEST, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT HE WAS KNEELING FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE.
HE AGREED TO A MONETARY SETTLEMENT FOR HIS GRIEVANCES, SO HE’S BOUGHT AND PAID FOR.
HOWEVER, POLICE OFFICERS ARE STILL KILLING BLACK PEOPLE AT AN ALARMING RATE AND THE NFL HAS DECIDED TO PARTNER WITH JAY-Z/ROC NATION IN AN EFFORT TO BRING MORE ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE, WHICH IS WHAT THE PLAYERS WERE PROTESTING FOR ALL ALONG.
LETS WAIT AND SEE WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP ENTAILS BEFORE DOING WHITE FOLKS JOB OF TEARING DOWN ONE OF OUR OWN.
IF WE KEEP PROTESTING FOR THINGS AND NOT BEING SATISFIED WHEN OUR DEMANDS ARE MET, EVENTUALLY WE WILL LOSE THE POWER OF PROTEST AND WILL BE JUST LOOKED AT AS CRYBABIES WHO’RE NEVER SATISFIED.
IF YOU AREN’T SATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSE TO YOUR GRIEVANCES, BE MORE SPECIFIC IN WHAT YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR NEXT TIME.
THE NFL DID EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED FOR.