Colin Kapernick is a football player who decided he was going to use his platform in order to spread awareness of the racial injustice, and police violence that has taken place over the past few years. Due to being heavily influenced on spreading awareness he started taking a knee during the national anthem which caused a great amount of backlash .Kapernick influences lead him to protest what he seen as wrongdoings towards African-Americans’.Kapernick stated “I am not going to stand up to show pride for a flag that oppresses black people and people of color.” This has led Kapernick to being greatly involved in the rights of Blacks. Since Kapernick has been protesting and voiced his thoughts on civil rights it almost seems as though he has
