As Super Bowl LX unfolds in the city where Colin Kaepernick once played, The Washington Post revisits the legacy of his national anthem protests and their long-term impact on the NFL. While Kaepernick brought issues of racial injustice into the national spotlight a decade ago, experts note that meaningful systemic change is limited. The backlash he faced may have discouraged other players from speaking out.
“The problems he knelt against haven’t improved. They’ve metastasized. The uncomfortable truth is that Kaepernick’s impact on the NFL was ultimately contained. The protest was absorbed, metabolized, and excreted as corporate social responsibility.”
Vann Graves, Executive Director
Read the full article by Adam Kilgore on the Washington Post site.