A decade after Colin Kaepernick took a knee, the ripple effects continue
The moment the San Francisco 49ers star decided to take a knee during the national anthem before a preseason game on Sept.
1, 2016, to bring attention to a series of social issues he cares deeply about — from racial injustice to minority oppression to police brutality — only revealed to the world at large who Kaepernick always believed himself to be.
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