The Insidious Narrative of Appreciation for Kaepernick

Kaepernick has never taken back his criticisms of the US as a racist society that uses its police to murder black people because he's never gone back from that whenever he is back in the news there is this really insidious narrative of appreciation. Even those who can say well of course x, y, and z about white supremacy in the United States or yeah of course the US is an exceptional very few are saying well come how come this is all this is how our conversations about these topics play out. We have to talk about Kaepernick's legitimate protests why do we need to talk about his appreciation whether he appreciates the opportunities he's given in the first place? The same thing happens with Russia too where