Jason Whitlock has a major issue with Colin Kaepernick, and just because he doesn’t have his platform any longer, doesn’t mean he’s going to stop his criticism of the former NFL QB.
During an interview with Outkick, the 53-year-old was asked about what he would say to Colin Kaepernick’s supporters after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell admitted the league was wrong not to allow players to protest by kneeling during the national anthem.
As you can expect, he wasn’t willing to give Kaepernick any credit:
“What was he right about? That police brutality is bad? I’ve never met anyone who believes police brutality is good,” Whitlock said. “Police brutality is a societal issue that impacts all demographics. Police brutality is an abuse of power and authority. Racializing the discussion of police brutality prevents us from framing the discussion properly and framing it in a way that moves us toward progress. It’s a mistake to trivialize the heinous crime that happened to George Floyd by making it a discussion about a quarterback who used the issue to promote his Nike brand and a signature gym shoe.”
Later in the interview, he added: “Police brutality is a complex issue that cannot be improved by symbolism and gestures on a football field.”
His attitude towards Kaepernick is reflected in the message he sent in a tweet that he currently has pinned to his personal Twitter.
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“If his goal is to raise awareness around the issue of unfair policing involving black men, he is using a silence tactic no other activist has ever used and, at this point, it’s fair to question the effectiveness of his strategy,” he wrote in a 2017 op-ed for the Wall Street Journal.
He even mocked Kaepernick on his show.
