In the midst of unprecedented protest movements in support of Black lives and justice across the country over the past few weeks, this Fourth of July feels so much different than all others before it.
Colin Kaepernick wasn’t having any of it, so he took to Twitter and rejected the American holiday.
“Black ppl have been dehumanized, brutalized, criminalized + terrorized by America for centuries, & are expected to join your commemoration of “independence”, while you enslaved our ancestors,” he wrote. “We reject your celebration of white supremacy & look forward to liberation for all.”
He then showed off a video with a slide show of enslaved and brutalized Black people against the background of the Declaration of Independence and fireworks:
The post went super viral, but like anything in life, it wasn’t well received by everybody.
That included former San Francisco Giants star Aubrey Huff who took to Twitter and blasted the former 49ers QB for never actually wanting to get back in the NFL because he wasn’t good enough.
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There was a lot more to what he said:
