Open Letter To Colin Kaepernick

 

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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