The Black Lives Matter Movement Kaernick Analysis

Colin Kaepernick took a stand for what he believed in. He is not wrong for expressing his dissatisfaction with his country. He also used his platform to give a voice to the minority that the country decided not to knowledge. Many people of the minority has been shoot down dead in cold blood by those we are suppose to look to for protection. Kaepernick expressed his dissatisfaction about these chins of events by making the statement " I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,"to the NFL Media exclusive. Furthmore, he was just expessing how unsatisfacted he is with all the controversy regarding the Black Lives Matter Movement and how the minority in this country is treated. …show more content…
Although at the end of the National Anthem it states" O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!", everyone is not free to express how they feel. Colin Kaepernick has a big platform being a NFL player. Kaepernick goes on to say "this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way", since he is a minority he understand how it feels. He is giving all of those families who had to bury a child, mother, or father a voice. A voice that no one else was trying to hear or listen to. A voice that called on protest rallies and boycotts that were seen as violence or a rebel. Colin Kaepernick is speaking up for many of the minorities that don't have a platform to let their voice to be heard in order to make a change.