While the players who continue to refuse to stand to honor the national anthem might be striking the same pose as the now-jobless founder of the movement, some of them are taking a knee for reasons Colin Kaepernick never intended. The former 49ers quarterback-turned-plaintiff spelled out very clearly in the beginning why he refused to stand, declaring, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.” But now some of his followers say they’re kneeling for other things, including the “gender pay gap.”
According to CNN contributor and former NFL player Donté Stallworth, kneeling players have told him that they are protesting far more than just what Kaepernick et al claim is “systemic racism” in law enforcement. Their protests, the players told Stallworth, now include “housing discrimination” and the “gender pay gap.”
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