BOSTON (AP) – Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones says baseball players haven’t joined 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in his national anthem protest because they are concerned about losing their jobs.
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand up during the National Anthem before a pre-season game on August 26, as he did not believe he should stand for a nation where African-Americans are often treated unfairly.
On Monday Night Football, Kaepernick continued his protest by kneeling through the national anthem, again with teammate Eric Reid.
Kaepernick has refused to stand for the national anthem all season in protest of racial oppression in the United States.
Though their coach Jeff Fisher asked them to stand, Kenny Britt and Robert Quinn raised their right fists during the anthem.
“There’s going to be backlash, of course there is”, Jones said. Who’s gonna help me get my stuff? Jackie Robinson on the other hand fought for African American rights in Baseball, becoming the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball.
Almost all of them called their act a gesture of solidarity to what Kaepernick calls a protest of racist police tactics nationwide.
Colin Kaepernick, by deciding to sit as protest during the National Anthem, has uncovered a lot of truths about race in America.
Colin Kaepernick has become the NFL’s most-talked about player this football season. He supported Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan in the 2012 presidential election and even coined the couplet, “They say Obama is lyin’/ That’s why I’m voting for Romney and Ryan”, so his political and social leanings, including his opinions on police brutality, are fairly simple to read.
Colin Kaepernick’s a good backup. “I didn’t want to try to distract the team; just wants to have my right of freedom”.
The protests have not been popular with law-enforcement officers who were broadly categorized by Kaepernick as “getting away with murder”.
Colin Kaepernick knelt down in protest of the national anthem before the San Francisco 49ers’ game against the St. Louis Rams on September 12. That doesn’t make sense to me, because if that was any other person you’d be in prison. They stand because they’re told to stand.
Through the uproar, many have stood with Kaepernick and supported the quarterback’s protest.
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“It’s more about the game”, 49ers fan John Murphy said.
