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In the past three years, Colin Kaepernick has become one of the most prominent, and influential, public figures in American culture, even if he is rarely seen on a TV screen.
His infrequent appearances convey a magnanimity. He has walked the red carpet of the Met Gala, been given a standing ovation at the U.S. Open in tennis and appeared in an award-winning Nike ad, while deliberately dressed in clothes from black designers or perhaps in a T-shirt that displays an icon of the civil rights movement.