MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Colin Kaepernick appeared at the podium for his post-game press conference wearing a T-shirt that depicted activist Malcolm X, who was assassinated in 1965.
This week, Miami Herald columnist Armando Salguero challenged Kaepernick on a conference call about his shirt selection. Kaepernick previous wore a T-shirt showing Malcolm X and former Cuban leader Fidel Castro at a meeting in 1960.
Cuban officials announced Castro’s death on Friday, the same day the 49ers arrived in South Florida to play the Miami Dolphins.
After the 49ers’ 31-24 loss, Kaepernick was asked about some of the statements he made, in which he defended Castro’s record of education in Cuba.