A decade after Kaepernick\u2019s quiet protest shook the NFL, his exile looks less like an aberration than a blueprint for the culture war that followed<\/p>\n
America likes nice round numbers, perfect for anniversaries and reflections, and it has, suddenly, been 10 years since Colin Kaepernick first protested police killings \u2013 more accurately, police killings of Black people that went unpunished either internally or by the courts \u2013 by taking a knee during the national anthem for the entirety of the 2016 NFL regular season. He never played in the league again.<\/p>\n
Ten years covers a lot of ground, especially in these years of American darkness, and many of the important details surrounding Kaepernick, his banishment and significance have disappeared, time replaced by more time and more darkness \u2013 time moving faster than ever, at internet speed, where nothing matters, where nothing sticks. We consume by clip, by click, by meme, and knowledge by meme is not knowledge at all.<\/p>\n
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