Colin Kaepernick has shown time and time again that he is not interested in a purely celebratory version of patriotism.
On Thursday morning, the former 49ers quarterback shared a video on Twitter featuring quotes from Frederick Douglass’ famous July 5, 1852 speech delivered in Rochester, New York. Douglass, who was born into slavery, had been asked to speak on July 4 but declined, and his speech explains why.
“What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?” Douglass asked in his hour-plus speech deriding the celebration of freedom when so many in America were not free.