{"id":66106,"date":"2020-09-14T01:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/colin-kaepernick-blasts-nfls-social-justice-messaging-as-propaganda\/"},"modified":"2020-09-14T01:27:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T22:27:00","slug":"colin-kaepernick-blasts-nfls-social-justice-messaging-as-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/colin-kaepernick-blasts-nfls-social-justice-messaging-as-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"#Colin Kaepernick blasts NFL\u2019s social-justice messaging as \u2018propaganda\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Colin Kaepernick blasts NFL\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>-justice messaging as \u2018propaganda\u2019<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        September 13, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 6:27pm            <\/p>\n<div>\n                        The social-justice messaging that took place during the NFL\u2019s opening weekend is more lip service than legitimate, says Colin Kaepernick, the former quarterback who started a movement and was seemingly blackballed by the league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the NFL runs propaganda about how they care about Black Life, they are still actively blackballing Eric Reid (@E_Reid35) for fighting for the Black community,\u201d Kaepernick tweeted Sunday. \u201cEric set 2 franchise records last year, and is one of the best defensive players in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reid is one of the top free agents on the market. He started every <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> for the Carolina Panthers last season, notching 130 tackles and four sacks.<\/p>\n<p>Kaepernick cited the 28-year-old Reid\u2019s job status as evidence\u00a0the NFL\u2019s social justice initiatives are hollow.<\/p>\n<p>When Kaepernick, 32, first knelt for the national anthem in 2016 \u2014 a U.S. Army Green Beret having suggested it as the most respectful form of protest over social injustice and police brutality \u2014 Reid was the first 49ers teammate to join him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16289801\"><img alt=\"Colin Kaepernick NFL\" data- data- height=\"200\" width=\"300\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Colin Kaepernick<\/span><span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The move \u2013 prompted by Nate Boyer, a veteran who had served in both Iraq and Afghanistan \u2013 sparked a conversation the NFL initially refused to have but has now been forced to admit it should\u2019ve taken part in years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL apologized in the wake of the death of George Floyd, admitting it failed to take meaningful action on the social justice front. But Kaepernick has still been unsigned since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Kaepernick and Reid reached reached an undisclosed settlement \u2014 reportedly less than $10 million \u2014 with the NFL in February 2019 over their collusion grievance against the league and owners.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/13\/colin-kaepernick-calls-nfl-social-justice-messaging-propaganda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Colin Kaepernick blasts NFL\u2019s social-justice messaging as \u2018propaganda\u2019&#8221; September 13, 2020 | 6:27pm The social-justice messaging that took place during the NFL\u2019s opening weekend is more lip service than legitimate, says Colin Kaepernick, the former quarterback who started a movement and was seemingly blackballed by the league. \u201cWhile the NFL runs propaganda about how they&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[68778],"class_list":["post-66106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-colin-kaepernick-blasts-nfls-social-justice-messaging-as-propaganda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}