The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World Zirin Dave
The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World Zirin Dave Riveting and inspiring first-person stories of how "taking a knee" triggered an awakening in sports, from the celebrated…
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The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World Zirin Dave
Riveting and inspiring first-person stories of how "taking a knee" triggered an awakening in sports, from the celebrated sportswriterIn 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Americans, the celebrated NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of quiet protests on the field, refusing to stand during the U.S. By "taking a knee," Kaepernick bravely joined a long tradition of American athletes making powerful political statements. national anthem.
This time, however, Kaepernick's simple act spread like wildfire throughout American society, becoming the preeminent symbol of resistance to America's persistent racial inequality.Critically acclaimed sports journalist and author of A People's History of Sports in the United States, Dave Zirin chronicles "the Kaepernick effect" for the first time, through interviews with a broad cross-section of
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