{"id":47526,"date":"2016-08-30T14:28:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T18:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=47526"},"modified":"2016-08-30T14:28:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T18:28:21","slug":"what-the-media-did-not-report-here-is-the-ignored-part-of-kaepernicks-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=47526","title":{"rendered":"What The Media Did Not Report: Here Is The &#8220;Ignored&#8221; Part Of Kaepernick&#8217;s Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Colin Kaepernick has made headlines in recent days for his decision to sit during the National Anthem. According to the mainstream media, his reasoning is simple <em>(because the only thing that is comprehendible to the majority of Americans is a soundbite)<\/em> &#8211; <em><strong>police brutality and the oppression of people of color.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Implicit in that simple narrative is one thing unsaid &#8211; <em>it&#8217;s Trump&#8217;s fault&#8230; and Hillary will fight the good fight to support black people.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>However, if one took the time to <a href=\"http:\/\/ninerswire.usatoday.com\/2016\/08\/28\/transcript-colin-kaepernick-addresses-sitting-during-national-anthem\/\">actually read Kaepernick&#8217;s full interview transcript, <\/a><strong>the narrative is very different,<\/strong>\u00a0and not at all what the mainstream would like you to hear&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\">\u00a0<strong>Colin Kaepernick (CK)<\/strong>: People don\u2019t realize what\u2019s really going on in this country. <strong>There are a lot things that are going on that are unjust. People aren\u2019t being held accountable for.<\/strong> And that\u2019s something that needs to change. <strong>That\u2019s something that this country stands for freedom, liberty and justice for all. And it\u2019s not happening for all right now.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>Media: Does the election year have anything to do with timing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CK<\/strong>: It wasn\u2019t a timing thing, it wasn\u2019t something that was planned. But<strong> I think the two presidential candidates that we currently have also represent the issues that we have in this country right now<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media: Do you want to expand on that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CK: You have Hillary who has called black teens or black kids super predators,<\/strong> you have Donald Trump who\u2019s openly racist. <strong>We have a presidential candidate who has deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate. That doesn\u2019t make sense to me because if that was any other person you\u2019d be in prison. So, what is this country really standing for?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media: It is a country that has elected a black president twice\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CK: It has elected a black president but there are also a lot of things that haven\u2019t changed.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Clip:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Johndaveis\/status\/770372432100257792\/video\/1\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/Johndaveis\/status\/770372432100257792\/video\/1<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"twitter-video twitter-video-rendered\" data-tweet-id=\"770372432100257792\"><\/div>\n<p>So, according to the football player, it&#8217;s not just Trump that is racist, but so is Hillary, and &#8211; shockingly &#8211; should be in prison, while Barack Obama has failed in eight years to make any difference. And yes, all of that was ignored by the mainstream.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2016\/08\/25\/20160829_kap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2016\/08\/25\/20160829_kap_0.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because if played on CNN, questions might emerge&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-08-29\/what-media-did-not-report-here-ignored-part-kaepernicks-speech\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-08-29\/what-media-did-not-report-here-ignored-part-kaepernicks-speech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}