Fans don’t realize it, but Colin Kaepernick knows there are more important things in life than football.
The once proud athletic star now demoted on the field has risen to new heights, per the cover of Time this week. And all for asserting his human privilege into a more important arena — America’s civil rights debate.
And he did it, not by taking to the streets, not by throwing objects, shouting and attracting the ire of police and counter-protesters.
He did it silently. Peacefully. First, by simply remaining on the bench, sitting. And when that was considered an affront, he did what they do when at rest in an athletic event. He “took a knee.”
It’s also something we do in prayer. As we hope for a better day.
The whole act transformed Kaepernick into a kind of football version of Gandhi or MLK.
Not just because of what he did.
