Of the 231,556,662 eligible voters in Tuesday’s pivotal election, 25.6% voted for Hillary Clinton, while 25.5% opted for Donald Trump. Among the sobering 46.9% who neglected to exhibit their Constitutional right to vote was social activist Colin Kaepernick.
What a huge miss as both an American and potential change agent.
Kaepernick is the familiar leader of a deeply passionate movement, one with a giant microscope its figurehead has duly embraced. Police brutality against blacks is the issue that catapulted Kaepernick to regularly embed a knee on the ground during our nation’s anthem. But his gutsy, historic protests have grown in prominence beyond the initial gesture.