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Rodney Harrison Missed Memo About Colin Kaepernick Being Black

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NBC football analyst and former NFL safety Rodney Harrison was on the SportsTalk 790 radio show in Houston on Tuesday morning, and was asked for his take on the Colin Kaepernick saga. That’s not surprising since many NFL players have been asked to weigh in on the controversy. What was surprising was what when Harrison point blank stated that the 49ers QB isn’t black.

“I tell you this, I’m a black man. And Colin Kaepernick, he’s not black. He cannot understand what I face and what other young black men and black people face, or people of color face, on a every single (day) basis.