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Kaepernick's Castro shirt leads to 'heated' exchange with Miami reporter

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick reportedly engaged Wednesday in a “heated” discussion about Fidel Castro with a Miami Herald reporter from a family of Cuban exiles.

Kaepernick in August appeared at a press conference wearing a T-shirt that captured Castro, the Cuban leader, meeting with Malcolm X during a meeting that took place in 1960. The shirt read, “Like minds think alike.”

When asked on a conference call with Miami-area media about wearing a shirt that showed Castro, Kaepernick pointed out that Malcolm X was also pictured, according to a report in the Palm Beach Post.