Kid Rock Lobs an F-Bomb at Colin Kaepernick

During opening weekend in the NFL there were noticeable displays of anti-Black oppression and Black solidarity gestures among football players, which started almost three weeks ago by San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

“We may not like it. but we realise that’s his right to have an opinion”.

Kaepernick himself continued his protest, which originated ahead of a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers when his team met the San Diego Chargers in pre-season in a subsequent preseason game, kneeling alongside Reid.

“One injustice against one American.is an injustice against all Americans”.

“We know that there has to be change and progress, but you got to apply direction to change”, he said.

Since then, numerous demonstrations have popped up all across the NFL.

Martellus Bennett and Devin McCourty of the New England Patriots both echoed Peters’ raised-fist protest ahead of their upset 23-21 win over the Cardinals in Arizona.

The Seattle Seahawks announced their plan to protest as a team on September 11, the NFL’s opening day where they would play the Miami Dolphins.

Kaepernick’s actions have generated a swath of attention and prompted similar protests from other players around the NFL. The exact meaning of their gestures was not clear.

But the protesting players have been seen as allies of the Black Lives Matter movement, which grew in response to the police shootings.

Solidarity: Two players on the Rams responded in kind.

Kneeling: From left, Miami Dolphins’ Jelani Jenkins, Arian Foster, Michael Thomas, and Kenny Stills, kneel during the national anthem on Sunday afternoon, the 15th anniversary of 9/11.

Kaepernick’s protest has sparked outrage and controversy.

Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall has lost more than one sponsorship for choosing to kneel during the national anthem. The NFL player has said numerous times he is protesting against social injustice, not the USA or the people who serve the nation. “So national unity and respect for the flag are particularly sensitive issues”.

President Barack Obama has weighed in, saying Kaepernick was exercising a constitutional right and provoking conversation “around some topics that need to be talked about”.