But Robert Muth, chair of the San Diego Veterans Coalition, said the 49ers quarterback should not expect a chorus of cheers before the game. The game gets heavy attendance from service members and veterans.
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The National Anthem will be performed by Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Powell from the U.S. Navy.
This Thursday’s game against the San Diego Chargers might be a little more hard – or awkward at least – for the politically minded bench-warmer if he decides to go ahead with his plans.
It would be no surprise to National Football League fans if cameras are pointed in the direction of Kaepernick as the pregame events take place. In an email, he said he was also exhausted of people using veterans to argue against Kaepernick’s stance, “especially when that flag and anthem has been racist towards people historically, treated Veterans like crap in the past and now, and in some cases [using] us as a vehicle for their ignorant agendas”. Absolutely nothing positive. If anything, his actions have regressed some of the progress made with racial issues in our country by making an extremely sensitive and debatable subject more of an issue. “And Colin Kaepernick-he’s not black”, Harrison told Sportstalk 790 AM. Now, military veterans are speaking up to support him.
The latest comments came as protests gathered outside the San Francisco Police Association offices in support of Kaepernick.
Kapernick, 28, has been supported by a number of other American sporting figures, including former National Basketball Association superstar Kareem-Abdul Jabbar.
The quarterback at the center of a firestorm because he says he will sit on the bench during the national anthem to stand up for the rights of people of color, has sparked a new discussion – this time over his socks. The #VeteransForKaepernick hashtag took off and ended up trending worldwide. It is our right to choose as American citizens, but that does not mean the refusal to stand is not down right disrespectful.
I’d suggest that Kaepernick’s tactics were lazy, selfish and did absolutely nothing to advance the conversation on race relations in America.
“I’m not judging you for standing up for what you believe in”, Boyer said. “He cannot understand what I face and what other young black men and black people face, or people of color face, on a every single [day] basis”.
It may not be the popular or correct decision, but it is one we all have to right to make.
Kaepernick’s explanation of why he sat was aimed more at the hundreds of thousands of law enforcement officers who serve and protect our cities and towns.
A woman describing herself as a Navy wife tweeted a picture of her husband who had returned from deployment.
“I have great respect for the men and women that have fought for this country”, Kaepernick told the media Sunday, according to Fox5.
These words have been interpreted as a reference to the Colonial Marines, black recruits to the British forces who fought in exchange for their freedom.
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“That’s not happening. People are dying in vain because this country isn’t holding their end of the bargain up as far as giving freedom and justice, liberty to everyone”.
