The silencing of Kaepernick is bigger than Kaepernick.

I understand that a lot of people are looking at Keapernick's former fortunate position as an NFL quarterback, and feel he had it made, and should have kept his mouth shut. Only the top 1% of people get to earn the amount of money Kaepernick has earned during his short illustrious career as an NFL quarterback. That's a position of a lifetime earning for most people. Some people don't even get to earn a quarter of what Kaepernick has earned during his short career. Okay, now that we have that out of the way, we can now look at what he has risked and lost for the betterment of black people. At the age of 29, Kaepernick is just beginning his career as a quarterback. Even the worst quarterbacks in football history have gone on to play in their late 30's. Kaepernick has only signed one big contract after taking his team to the super bowl. Essentially, he was positioned to earn at least 2 more long term contracts, which could have easily placed his salary over 200 million dollars in the next 10 years. If you don't believe 200 million dollars is a lot of money for a man who was adopted by white people, led pretty much a privileged life, and could have chosen to turn a blind eye to the injustice against back people, but took a risk on us instead, then we shouldn't even be engaged in any type of exchanges about social injustice.

If every black leader took a selfish disposition to only worry about themselves and their immediate family, black folks would still be in shackles today. Dr. King could've easily led a prosperous life as a preacher, but he chose to forgo all of it by making the personal sacrifice to fight on behalf of black people. It takes a very selfless person to turn their life on options that most people are willing to denigrate themselves for, in order to attain the American dream. That's just one side of the equation.

There's always more than one side to every complicated situation. We have a myriad of black people who swallow their pride and lose their dignity on a daily basis for survival sake. The white bosses don't necessarily have to humiliate with action, their intent with words can sometime force the marginalized into silence. Once a person's voice is taken from them, they've pretty much assumed the position of subhuman. Jerry Jones was the first owner to threaten his players, if they didn't stand for the National Anthem, and fall in line with their own subjugation. Don't be fooled with white billionaires who are willing to pay millions of dollars for football players with checkered past. It doesn't mean they aren't racist. Jerry Jones has put his racism on center stage, and James Harrison who plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers, echoed those sentiments to his teammates before his master even had a chance to say a word. The battle against white supremacy will not easily be won, because we have too many white supremacists in black skin. These lost souls are the reason why white supremacy thrives. The list will get longer by the weeks, because people like George Foreman who's been hit too many times on his head, feels he has a valid opinion on Kaepernick that supports the white supremacist system in place that allowed him to be exploited with a grill that bears his name that only nets him less than 1% of the annual revenues. People like Michael Jordan who stayed silent on social issues during his career are only netting about 1% of the revenues that white supremacy has built on his name. Nike generates billions of dollars from the Jordan brand every year, but Jordan gets a check for about 90 million dollars, which is less than 1% of Nike's annual sales for his brand. It's difficult to get these people to see their own exploitation, much less somebody else's.

While we should all band together to fight for Kaepernick, this fight is actually bigger than Kaepernick. We are standing for all those black people that are silenced every day, because they have financial responsibilities to their families. The mortgage/rent, utilities, food. clothing etc must be paid, and in order to do that, some black people must relinquish their voice, which is why the courageous ones must always have our support, and we must do everything in our power to push back this white transgression toward a marginalized group. Money tends to have a "rosy glasses" affect on the less fortunate. A Ray Lewis can pay so very little attention to his own son's situation who's under investigation for sexual aggravation against 2 women, because his voice against Kaepernick gives credence to white supremacy. We must learn!

The Media and Facebook work in Cahoots with the NFL

I'm sure many of you have seen the picture of Marshawn Lynch sitting on the bench during the National Anthem by himself. His heroic efforts have rubbed the overt Nationalists the wrong way, but the covert Nationalists are the ones downplaying the movement that has been joined by many other Raiders players, as well as other NFL players. I'm sure many of you have not seen the picture of the myriad of Raiders players who knelt for the National Anthem, in support of Kaepernick and Marshawn Lynch. The media hides those pictures on purpose, because they don't want us to know this movement is moving full speed ahead.

The job of the media is to keep black people uninformed and misinformed. They want us to believe that no one black person can stand alone to fight against them, and it's difficult to get black people to unite in support of one another. You should be able to smell bullshit when it's thrown in your face. There are plenty of players who are willing to kneel or sit during the National Anthem, and many have done so. The televised games work in favor of the NFL owners. It's no coincidence that ESPN had a fantasy football auction yesterday, and all the people buying players were white. They can't get away from who they really are.
We have to be mindful of the fact that most of these white billionaires and millionaires who control sports and the media are very close friends. When you see a guy like Bob Kraft or Bill Bellichick canoodling with Trump, you must wonder if they share the same views or not. Racist people owned slaves, so racist coaches can coach black players, and racist owners are more than willing to pay big money for the black players who will yield them the highest return. Don't be fooled or deterred by the amount of money these athletes are making. A slave is still a slave, no matter how posh his lifestyle may be. If his voice is taken away, he's a slave nonetheless. While they are quick to talk about Michael Bennett, Malcolm Jenkins and Marshawn Lynch, they're purposely leaving out all the other unknown black players who decided to risk their job by taking a knee for the cause. For this reason alone, no Black household in this country should tune in to the NFL games for the entire season.

The other day, I wrote a post addressing Hue Jackson's and James Harrison's comments regarding players taking a seat during the National Anthem, and I was quickly blocked by Facebook. While Facebook encourages cooning by men like James Harrison, Ray Lewis, Hugh Jackson whose Cleveland Browns I hope will end up with a record of 0-16 this year, they are quick to shut down anybody who's willing to shed light on white supremacy. These rich black men have become the voice for white supremacy, and white people give them full access to the media.
I made the decision to terminate my account on Facebook, because of their racist policies toward the enlightenment of black people. If nobody on my page is offended by what I post, Facebook shouldn't have the right to tell me I'm not in compliance with the Facebook community. The community on my page is created by me. My friends are selected by me, and some of them choose to be on my page, because they support what I have to say about the issues regarding the state of black people. Everyone on Facebook has a community that's created by them, not Facebook. The owners of Facebook seem to forget that Facebook is only a platform used by people to create communities. White people and control go hand in hand, as it relates to anybody but white people. The Alt-right has spread hate on Facebook without any interference. The censorship by Facebook has everything to do with racism and nothing to do with compliance. I don't have a public page. Everything I write is private, and there should be no reason for Facebook to tell me I'm not in compliance. The bigger picture, though, lies in the fact that Facebook is now considered the biggest media conglomerate in the world. They've bought every social media company and outlet, and you can't join anything without signing on with your Facebook page. I'm on to them, and you should be too.

The fact that we are at a point in this country where white men feel the need to walk around with Tiki torches to intimidate people for their white privilege, should be enough to wake us out of our coma. The multitude of issues facing the black community is being censored on a platform owned by a bunch of rich white billionaires. Think about that for a minute!