Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick compares the NFL Draft’s combine process to slavery in his new Netflix special “Colin in Black & White.”
The first episode of the six-part drama series likens likens the draft to enslaved people being placed on the auction block and examined before being sold to bidders.
“What they don’t want you to understand is what’s being established is a power dynamic,” Kaepernick says in the docuseries.
“Before they put you on the field, teams poke, prod and examine you searching for any defect that might affect your performance. No boundary respect. No dignity left intact.”
The Netflix special then cuts to a scene of NFL hopefuls, portrayed by Black actors, moving from a football field to an auction block, morphing into slaves with shackles on them.
Colin Kaepernick, in his new Netflix special, compares NFL training camps to slavery. pic.twitter.com/bu5C2alild
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) October 30, 2021
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Colin Kaepernick compares NFL draft combine to slavery in new Netflix series https://t.co/GVKGHdF2uB pic.twitter.com/D2JYWR8QFo
— The Hill (@thehill) November 1, 2021
For the record, I wasn’t trying to exhaust all the reasons this analogy is stupid and offensive. There are a lot more. https://t.co/vY9tX8nHif
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 31, 2021
One, this is astounding historical ignorance that trivializes the slave experience.
Two, he's complaining about a process that is intrinsic to all team sports. He's not just anti-NFL, but anti-football.
Three, in Kaepernick's NFL, there are no non-black players. https://t.co/C1H7az4V0t
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) October 30, 2021
Kaepernick magnifies racism with every word he utters.
And he has no concept of what real slavery is.
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