Column: We need Kaepernick more than ever in troubled times
It's been a terrible week in America.
Maybe if we had just followed the lead of Colin Kaepernick, who had hoped the simple, non-violent act of taking a knee during the national anthem would move us to talk more about some of the serious problems plaguing this country.
Maybe if we had just focused on conversation instead of condemnation, it would've been a much better week.
"I'm not anti-American. I love America," Kaepernick said nearly a year ago , in the early days of his passive but powerful protest against police brutality and a justice system that treats people of color unfairly. "I love people. That's why I'm doing this.