If you want to take part in a nuanced conversation about professional athletes and race in America, then you'd do well to listen to Patriots defensive lineman Chris Long, who went into great depth on the matter Wednesday.
If you don't want to do the work — or you want your biases confirmed — then keep listening, uncritically, to people like U.S. Rep. Steve King.
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King, R-Iowa, said Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protests before 49ers games are the result of Kaepernick having an "Islamic" fiancee (rumored to be MTV and radio personality Nessa Diab).