Colin Kaepernick was the first football player to kneel for the anthem due to the political problem of racism towards black people. Colin is trying to get more rights for blacks, so he is kneeling. Did you know before he was kneeling he was sitting during the anthem? If not, then it’s good to know what is going on!
Reason 1 is, where is the equality America promises to all races? In the news, you hear that a white police officers and black men fighting in the streets, well that’s what Kaepernick is trying to get across. He wants to make the rights and freedoms of all men equal.
In addition, Colin was talking to an army man and asked what he should do and he stated “You should kneel and not sit.” says Google news. People may argue with
