Are you denying the Civil Rights Movement happened? Or just its impact?

If you don’t think people aren’t talking about these issues more because of Kaepernick’s protest, you aren’t paying attention.

The question you’re asking is the same question MLK’s archetypal “white moderate” was asking in the 1960s. During that time it was difficult to see how the Civil Rights Movement transformed the course of history, but it created the political capital to enact real changes. In any case, that didn’t matter - activists…

If you agree, you’ve misjudged Kaepernick’s impact. He has a Supreme Court justice talking about him, made the cover of Time Magazine, and has inspired an entire symbolic protest movement. What’s he doing wrong?