OPEN LETTER TO COLIN
KAEPERNICK
by
Anthonystjoseph
Colin,
I want to thank you from the bottom of my
heart for risking your career and the extreme public backlash that you initially
faced in order to stand up for ‘our’
basic human rights! We have had a
President who is of our own race who himself, for some reason I cannot fathom,
was unable to bring such a statement to our
cause. You, in one moment, have done
more to help people come to a point of discussion that makes them and others
think that maybe there is truly a problem here.
I only hope that all African American football players and even all football players alike join you in
not standing until police officers as a whole stop killing unarmed African
Americans, people of color, and even Caucasian people who they deem incapable
of legal defense or unworthy of their concern.
Because the truth of the matter, if these ruthless killers with
questionable motives wearing police uniforms consider you unworthy, they show
you no concern. They ceremoniously beat
you or they pull the trigger!
I love the point you made in one of your
statements that a person who does your hair receives more training than an
American police officer. I myself have
never understood the fascination with football as to me it seems that people
are only cheering for colors. I prefer
sports of individual champions that reflect non-violence like tennis and do not
even always agree with competition in itself.
However, now I see the benefit in the higher fabric of this sport and
what it can mean. With the American or
even the world’s fascination with your sport, you have made more than one person
think! As many have pointed out; there
are those that are more upset with you for not standing for a national anthem
founded on the fruit and privilege of slavery than are upset at innocent people
and innocent children who are unarmed being killed randomly by these
questionable police officers in America.
As you stated, these officers are committing acts of murder and then
going home for paid vacations as a reward.
I want to thank you and every other public
figure who joins your movement for your efforts in trying to end the seemingly
unending pain and thought of unanswered call that our people have cried. I myself who was first brutalized by a police
officer at the age of nine in the Minneapolis Airport for no apparent reason
thank you for your efforts. I feel that
when more or all football players join you that this odious on our society will
wane and eventually come to an end. I
feel if another unarmed person is killed unjustly during your peaceful vigil
that a lot more players will join you and this sport known as football will earn its place in our hearts because you
and your players will save lives with your peaceful protest.
Sincerely
and Thank you,
Anthonystjoseph
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