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kyburgJohn Legend Has Some Profund Thoughts On Colin Kaepernick Backlash:
allerasphinx:
thechanelmuse:
“I think it’s great [what Colin Kaepernick is doing]. I don’t understand why people are upset. But I do understand, actually. They’re always upset when you protest these things. People only like it in retrospect. Dr. King was unpopular while he was alive—he’s only popular now because he’s dead and not a threat to anyone. But he was a threat to the status quo back then and the people—the so-called ‘moderates’—used to say, ‘Well, we’re with you, but you gotta be more patient. We’re with you, but you shouldn’t protest like this. We’re with you, Muhammad Ali, but you should respect America and go fight in Vietnam, even though you find it morally deplorable to do that.’
They’ll police your protest more than the things you’re protesting against, which is the real [source of] oppression. I feel like people are doing the same thing with Kaepernick. The reality is he’s protesting black men and women—people of color—getting shot by police when they’re unarmed, and those police facing no consequences. Just think how tragic that is for a society: that the state can kill you with no repercussions. We see it on video—we know the person is unarmed, poses no threat—and they’re killed with no repercussions. Think about how corrosive that is for a society if we allow that to continue to happen? You’re upset that he’s kneeling down in peaceful protest, but you’re not upset by what he’s protesting against?”
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allerasphinx:
thechanelmuse:
“I think it’s great [what Colin Kaepernick is doing]. I don’t understand why people are upset. But I do understand, actually. They’re always upset when you protest these things. People only like it in retrospect. Dr. King was unpopular while he was alive—he’s only popular now because he’s dead and not a threat to anyone. But he was a threat to the status quo back then and the people—the so-called ‘moderates’—used to say, ‘Well, we’re with you, but you gotta be more patient. We’re with you, but you shouldn’t protest like this. We’re with you, Muhammad Ali, but you should respect America and go fight in Vietnam, even though you find it morally deplorable to do that.’
They’ll police your protest more than the things you’re protesting against, which is the real [source of] oppression. I feel like people are doing the same thing with Kaepernick. The reality is he’s protesting black men and women—people of color—getting shot by police when they’re unarmed, and those police facing no consequences. Just think how tragic that is for a society: that the state can kill you with no repercussions. We see it on video—we know the person is unarmed, poses no threat—and they’re killed with no repercussions. Think about how corrosive that is for a society if we allow that to continue to happen? You’re upset that he’s kneeling down in peaceful protest, but you’re not upset by what he’s protesting against?”
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