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Why Colin Kaepernick is like George Washington

  • Written by Christopher Sebastian Parker, Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Washington

If you haven’t heard by now, the star quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, Colin Kaepernick, refused to stand for the national anthem over the weekend.

This wasn’t the first time, and he plans to continue until conditions for people of color improve:

“I’ll continue to sit. I’m going to continue to stand with the...

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