Social Justice
Colin Kaepernick will donate $1 million to charities aimed at social change
San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick will donate $1 million dollars to community organizations aimed at social justice and change.
After peacefully protesting two games by kneeling during the national anthem, Colin Kaepernick announced he will be donating $1 million to community organizations aimed at social justice and change.
Colin Kaepernick will donate $1 million
“Yes, I am planning to take it a step further. I’m currently working with organizations to be involved, and making sure I’m actively in these communities, as well as donating the first million dollars I make this year to different organizations to help these communities and help these people.”
#49ers QB Colin Kaepernick said he will donate $1 million to two different organizations to help promote awareness pic.twitter.com/LptGEFehQD
— Ryan Sakamoto (@SakamotoRyan) September 2, 2016
Taking a knee
The San Francisco 49er caused quite a controversy after not standing during the national anthem during the preseason in what he says to peacefully protest against oppression and systematic racism.
Kaepernick also had the chance to address the media about his protest and the reaction to it, especially when it concerned the military. “Well, I think it’s a misunderstanding,” Kaepernick said.
“You know, the media painted this as ‘I’m anti-American,’ ‘anti-men and women of the military, and that’s not the case at all.” A number of U.S. military members have gone on social media to publicly support Kaepernick and dispel the notion that he’s disrespecting them.
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