Colin Kaepernick kneeling, 10‑year anniversary
On this date in 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels in protest during the US national anthem before pre-season game against the Chargers at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, objecting to racial injustice and police brutality in the US.
emray59.bsky.social31…and I am proud to say since Kap was boycotted I have had zip to do with football. No watching, no tickets. No merch. Nada. And I live one block from the stadium. Screw the racist NFL!
Save USA 🇺🇸 & Defend the Constitution26It's amazing that that was a decade ago and here we are worse off than ever before. 🕊️
Commander99Ash26When he kneeled to spread awareness about whole communities being marginalized, America cancelled Him. Now, Billionaires are about to cancel America entirely. Still don't believe him now in 2026?
SheehanUnchained24And nearly every day in the decade since, law enforcement across the country has proven Kaepernick right.
𝕭𝖗𝖊𝖙 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖗𝖊𝖙𝖔𝖓15I am not now nor have ever been a sports fan. But the fallout from this has always infuriated me. He performed the most simple, small act as a show of protest. No one died, the world continued turning. Yet it cost this man his whole career. Then the bastards had the nerve to call -us- snowflakes.
Stephen Usins Yeardley13We ALL need to be more Kaepernick!
Abbey Rhodes5Kaepernick lost his career and in those ten years since his brave act, we seem to have lost our battle against injustice and brutality.
MasterCard Lola Powertrain Engineer4I have uncle's that are still mad enough about this that they still won't buy Nikes
lisasasa56.bsky.social2What a messed up decade! Who could have imagined what this foreshadowed 🤨
Jason “Koko” Kokoszka2I couldn't believe how this became such a big deal. It was a worthwhile gesture, but people lost their fucking minds over this, which seemed very stupid to me.
MeatPanda2While kap was kneeling and got cut, the NFL wa looking pretty bad in the eyes of the black community. So the NFL hooked up with resident black wrangler Jay-Z now you get these halftime shows to keep you quiet Target is looking bad in the eyes of the black community and now they teamed up with Jay
10 years ago today, Colin Kaepernick first kneeled. “The conversation that was being had is taking a knee is more problematic than Black people being killed,” he tells @nbcnews.com in a conversation about his protest, the fallout, the NFL and the last 10 years. www.nbcnews.com/sports/footb...
Leander **BUY THE LONG GAME** Schaerlaeckens15The tell that the entire Kaepernick discourse was culture war bullshit is that Jackie Robinson, a Republican veteran, wrote in his memoir that he never stood for or sang the anthem, or saluted the flag, because he was "a Black man in a white world." And everybody was like, "Yeah, ok. Fair enough."
Tranny Oakley8the fact this was only 10 years ago.. i feel like i've lived five lifetimes between then and now
Alex Rikleen formerly for Senate4Kaepernick is only 38 years old, drafted in 2011. His career would probably have ended by now regardless. Few QBs play that long. But had he not been blacklisted, he would have had a lot more time in the league, and may have been playing until quite recently.
Aren’t they already supposed to be boycotting the NFL for the past decade because of Colin Kaepernick?
Shoulder Devil31Didn't they already threaten to boycott it over it changing pizza sponsorships too? They're on like their third boycott of the same thing.
Dr G.1That's what I thought 🙄
OG Unmitigated Gaul1And something about beer, too.
gmadonni.bsky.social1I thought it was because of Bad Bunny's half-time show 🙅♂️
usagreatalready.bsky.social1Maga can yap all they want about anything they want to yap about. Doesnt matter. Wont accomplish shit. M anufacture A nother G roundless A ccusation
Imagine becoming an independent sports journalist after quitting the local paper because of ethical duty and then doing a Colin Kaepernick think piece in 2026 accusing his movement of deriving from a false premise and ultimately harming the black community
SEAMILF??6Following the grift playbook to a tee
Chris (Super Bowl LX enthusiast)6I almost jokingly responded, "Oh, Is Mattycee writing again?" and then saw that, yes, in fact, that is exactly what has happened and you are referencing. Woooooof
I go by Rob28:1 odds he just dusted off an old draft that got spiked and had a chatbot tweak it to make it a retrospective.
MommyUnit of Beach Therapy, Wine & Super Bowl Wins1Sounds about right for the grift targets.
