Colin Kaepernick had a tense conference call with the Miami media today and the friction centered around a controversial T-shirt the 49ers quarterback wore in August that featured Malcolm X and Fidel Castro, the Palm Beach Post reported.
When asked about the T-shirt, Kaepernick reportedly focused on Malcolm X, instead of the former Cuban dictator.
“I’m not talking about Fidel Castro and his oppression,” Kaepernick said. “I’m talking about Malcolm X and what he’s done for people.”
Kaepernick, however, was pressed on what some have viewed as his support of Castro. The shirt included pictures of a meeting between Malcolm X and Castro in 1960 in Harlem.