A little over one year ago then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt during the American national anthem before a pre-season game to protest against systemic racism in the United States. — he called players who kneel to protest during the national anthem “sons of bitches,” and said they should be fired. In the NFL, anthem performers knelt. And Donald Trump dumped rocket fuel on the spark because that’s the only thing he knows how to do. Sports is part of the fight, and there’s no turning back.

Source: thestar September 25, 2017 00:00 UTC