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NEW YORK -- Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been named GQ's magazine's "Citizen of the Year" for his activism.

The magazine shared the announcement on Twitter, and included several photos of Kaepernick alongside some of the men, women and children of Harlem.

The magazine's story includes comments from several of Kaepernick's supporters and confidants. Rapper J. Cole says Kaepernick "sacrificed his dream" to stand for something. Ninety-year-old singer and activist Harry Belafonte says seeing people like Kaepernick taking action is "the greatest reward" he could ask for.

On Twitter, Kaepernick said he's "honored" by the recognition.

Kaepernick began kneeling instead of standing during the national anthem last season to protest racial inequality and police brutality.

The demonstration sparked a wave of NFL protests by players during the anthem that repeatedly have been denounced by President Donald Trump.

Kaepernick parted ways with the San Francisco 49ers in March and hasn't been signed by another team.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colin-kaepernick-gq-magazine-citizen-of-the-year/

Runner up, Bowe Bergdahl?

Honorable mention, Bradley Manning.

Whether you like him or his actions, his kneeling decision has generated a ton of attention. Would anyone guess 3 years ago that one mediocre QB silently kneeling during the anthem could cause the NFL to take a big hit in ratings, have sponsors freaking out, might be the straw that forces Goodell out of the league and divided fans between each other, even on the same team? Heck, even the league favorite Steelers were dragged through the mud when the whole team refused to be on the field for the anthem.

I called Colin a genius then and I still do. If he wore an armband or spoke up in a post-game press conference, nobody would have remembered 2 days later, let alone almost two years later. (Right? Didn't he start kneeling early 2016 season?)

Semi-Honorable Mention, this douchebag:

Medgar Evers ... MLK ... Rosa Parks ... ALI ALI ALI ... Jackie Robinson .... Colin Kap ...

No comment needed .... ...

Well deserved Colon!!! Keep fighting!! This combat vet supports you!!!

J.J. Watt is scratching his head. As am I.

He only raised 40M for hurricane relief, why would he be deservig?

If Kap was the person of the year when he first started kneeeling, cool. A washed up, crappy NFL QB getting it now? Silly.

Right on.

Hey congratulations to all you Kaepernick supporters.

Here's a transgender cheerleader to get you combat vets real hot:

Man of the year, yet he didn't vote. He has supported Castro and wore socks w/police officers dressed as pigs.

That doesn’t cater to their audience ... and i bet they just lost some of that all ready dwindling number ....

...but controversy brings eyes, which is why this thread even exists.

Magazines have to be daring to stay relevant today.

Y’all can have a good laugh at the typo all y’all want, but this is well deserved.

But of course some of you white people have a problem with it. Can’t let any black man shine without bringing up a white dude for comparison. What watt did was great and should be recognized.

But what Kaep did was better. Way better.

not surprised the usual suspects show up to trash any good a minority does around here. That’s why it’s borderline impossible to attempt to have any sort of real friendship with anybody posting on this board.

If a minority isn’t catching passes or dunking, white America doesn’t give two craps about them.

Good thing Colin Kaep isn't controversial or mocked.

Dear America,

Let me tell you a story.....

One of these men was just named GQ Magazine’s Citizen of the Year.......One was not.

One of these Men Made Millions to play a game....One didn’t.

One of these Men started a movement that blatantly disrespected the blood, sweat, and sacrifice of 1.3M Veterans......One gave his body to protect his brothers.

One talks about Unity and Equality, yet has done nothing but divide us.......One showed us what True Love for Others actually looks like.

One has Millions of followers.......One does Not.

One Represents the best our country has to offer.....One has forgotten the only reason he was able to make millions playing a game in the first place.

One takes advantage of the life they have.....one was willing to pay the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE for them to have that life in the first place.

While the rest of the world focuses on what’s trending/popular no matter how blatantly disrespectful and continues to show that our society is twisted and we embrace and push backwards logic of respect and misguided symbols for our younger generation.

I want to say thank you to Our Men and Women in Uniform especially those like Kyle Carpenter who put it all on the line for us and what our Nation stands for.......

You sir are what is right and honorable within the country and it's time we start to recognize the best of us instead of the ones that forget that we are ALL blessed to be here!

Wake up America......

-Graham🇺🇸

Obviously the Publisher of GQ Magazine is trying to “seem relevant” (controversial) to sell magazines.

I once paged through an issue years ago like in a dental office.

Any guy who knowingly subscribes or buys this rag is an arrogant jerk. (I could except bona fide metrosexuals).

And besides, “The GQ Citizen of the Year”?



PS. I’d like to thank all combat vets for fighting to preserve my right to say that any combat vet who supports Kaepernick should have their service benefits revoked.

I know this is a meme and you didn't create it, but it's so wrong.

1. Most of the players that took a knee during the anthem did say they were praying for racial equality. Praying is praying, even if you're protesting at the same time.
2. Colin and the other kneeling players have been way more controversial than little Tim Tebow.
3. Colin and the other kneeling players have been mocked, criticized and destroyed throughout the traditional media and social media as well.

There's nothing to sink in.

Tim could actually still be on an NFL roster, but he quit. He refused to accept another position since he was a terrible QB.

[quote=Swish]Y’all can have a good laugh at the typo all y’all want, but this is well deserved.

But of course some of you white people have a problem with it. Can’t let any black man shine without bringing up a white dude for comparison. What watt did was great and should be recognized.

But what Kaep did was better. Way better.

not surprised the usual suspects show up to trash any good a minority does around here. That’s why it’s borderline impossible to attempt to have any sort of real friendship with anybody posting on this board.

If a minority isn’t catching passes or dunking, white America doesn’t give two craps about them. [/quote

Ofcourse there are good Minority. Keep is not one of them....How many years did he and his buddies set back Racial relations?

I dont waste my time reading him ... only saw this gem cause u quoted it .... as usual he is pointing fingers at everyone else and has no clue what part he plays in things ... sometimes folks need to look in the mirror ... he DOESN’T HAVE ONE ... *L* ...

Its pretty hard to have a talk with ANYONE that only wants to see one side of things and calls u a LUSH a LIAR and many more real buets .. i tried to talk with him ... my reward for that effort ...

HE CALLED ME A PIECE OF CRAP AND TRASH ... thats a quote ... *L* ..

He’s the worst as he makes EVERYTHING RACIAL ... then he cries VICTIM ...

Hes told me a hundred times that “folks that look like U” ... meaning in his eyes i have to take responsibility for EVERYTHING every white person has ever done ... i’ve got pretty broad shoulders but thats a pretty heavy burden .... *L* ...

I’d point out the FACT a lot of BLACK FOLKS have a problem with the POS he’s sticking up for here ... but he’d just call them Uncle Tom’s because that don’t fit his narrow minded agenda ....

Thats who he is ...

he didn't set back race relations at all.

i don't know where you get that notion. maybe it's because of the circles you roll in?

he has driven the discussion in this country. and in the long run we will all be better off for it.

but a lot of you guys are so stuck on what is happening in the now that the tunnel vision doesn't allow you to see everything else around you.

Sorry but Colin isn't a man, he's a hypocrite. He's not even relevant this year, all thats happened since that BS is more racial divide and disrespecting a majority of the masses and forcing an agenda on people that have no desire to have it shoved in their faces. He lost relevance when he didn't even vote. Sorry, I'm much more inclined to reward positive actions, not a whiny entitled millionaire. Like others have mention, JJ watt, raising 40 million helped ALOT more people than anything Kaepernick has done

I think you're 100% right on this.

Hey, I just posted it because I missed the circus that comes with it.

Some of the same guys that put him down support a child molester getting elected to the senate on a different thread. So pardon me for not taking some of you seriously about your outrage.

Why Colin Kaepernick is wrong: It’s not a black-and-white issue

By Phil Mushnick

https://nypost.com/2016/09/01/why-colin-kaepernick-is-wrong-its-not-a-black-and-white-issue/

Dear Colin Kaepernick,

For what it’s worth, I agree with you. I’m also convinced blacks are America’s most oppressed race. And I’m pleased you’re the latest pro athlete to exploit his or her status to take a stand, yours by sitting during the national anthem.

But we disagree on who the oppressors are. You believe it’s white America, the America that helped do the once-imponderable: elect a black president, and not once, but twice.

I believe that the greatest oppressors of black Americans are black Americans. And they’re encouraged to continue by a say-what-you-want-to-hear leadership and messengers, from the president to a frightened media, politicians of every office, and activists, both black and white, empowered by their steady unwillingness to tell clear, present and sustaining truths in service of genuine for-the-better change.

Consider that when a murder or murders of black men, women and children occur in a black neighborhood, its residents are conditioned to be uncooperative with cops and detectives — “Snitches get stitches” — in pursuit of the murderer or murderers lest they and their families suffer retaliatory harm, including murder.

Now that, Colin, that’s oppression. It’s a gangs-as-Gestapo mentality and reality that exists — and rules — within black communities throughout this country.

Oppression? Colin, you’re one lucky young man to have escaped another epidemic of black-on-black oppression. You were adopted by a man and a woman and raised in a presumably loving, nurturing household. You were raised by two on-the-job parents.

You beat another common, almost standard reality: black self-oppression.

You can’t abide by a national anthem that makes you think about the oppression of minorities? Try thinking about the 380,000 Northern soldiers who died in the Civil War primarily fighting to end the enslavement of black men, women and children more than 150 years ago.

Why, Colin, is American black culture still synonymous — from the abuse of women, to violent crime, to absentee parents, to gangs substituting for families, to “Black Power” politicians who steal from the black poor and pocket it (and often are then re-elected) — with sustaining self-oppression?

Colin, you cited the Black Lives Matter movement as one you support. But logical people of all races wonder why such a noble-titled movement assiduously avoids addressing, let alone protesting, the avalanche of daily and nightly murders of blacks by blacks in virtually every city in this country.

How is it, Colin, that it doesn’t matter to Black Lives Matter that the blood of black men, women and children daily fills the streets of Newark, Chicago, Detroit, Compton, East St. Louis, Baltimore, Birmingham and Miami? Why is Black Lives Matter’s outrage, copied from the plan of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and, so sadly, President Obama, so hideously selective?

Obama says he has suffered the racism of whites locking their cars when he came into view. But don’t most people lock their cars, regardless? Does Obama think cars parked in black neighborhoods sit unlocked?

Colin, I’m a liberal-in-exile, a disenfranchised Democrat who now often chooses practicality over ideology. Which flight would the ACLU lawyer who sues to prevent profiling choose for his or her family to board? The one that promises no profiling for terrorists or the one that guarantees it?

During the Trayvon Martin killing calamity in Florida, NBA players wore hoodies to symbolize the stereotyping that inspired Martin’s assailant, George Zimmerman.

Yet in the months before and after that NBA protest, crimes commonly were committed — and still are — by those who tried to obscure their identities beneath hoodies.

As those NBA protests occurred, an episode of “Bait Car,” which tracks cops as they pursue car thieves, appeared. This particular segment followed Officer Price of the Atlanta PD, who rode up at a red light alongside two young black men.

“I see two males riding with hoodies on their head, and it’s nice and warm,” said Price. “I’m suspicious.”

When he tried to pull the car over, a chase was on.

“I called it,” said Price, as he hit the gas. The perps, ages 16 and 17, lost control of the stolen car, slamming into a house.

For what it’s worth, Colin, Officer Price is black. And, for what it’s worth, Colin, black police officers are no more eager to go home dead than are white ones.

For what it’s worth, Colin, we agree: The oppression of black Americans remains staggering. But those slave ships haven’t arrived here in over 150 years. The oppression of American blacks is primarily perpetrated by American blacks.

And I further agree, Colin, the oppression of American blacks must stop.

And you guys thought the being friends with white people was a bad article. Ha!

You dont want the desire for racial equity shoved in your face??

I think so too.

Good

Fight The Power Kap!!

What has he done this year? He started his movement when he was still in football... in 2016.... I understand he started a movement... unfortunately that movement has been incredibly devisive....I personally think watt or matress Mack could be more deserving...

Of cOurse I've never given much thought to GQ... never read it... don't plan on reading it...

You're right about the circles I roll in. They're VFW, AmVets my neighbors , family and strangers at the bar. I haven't heard the N-word in years until Kaep and his evil minions started their crap. So if he hasn't set Race relations back I can't say I agree with you.

Also this is a Dem county. I can only guess what its like down around Mansfield where I used to live

Great White Hope QB Awards: Tyrod Taylor and how white privilege works in the NFL

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/footba...ticle-1.3633542

sandusky, ohio (erie county) went to Trump last year.

and thats interesting because i roll with the same people in my circles, yet you and i seem to have completely different results.

anyway, i stand by my comments that Colin deserved this award. he helped advance a serious and contentious topic in this country. he also donated his time and money to the cause, and continues to do so when so many people don't have a voice in this country for that. Proud of that dude!

If those people are comfortable using the N-word with Kaep and others, I doubt their attitude towards racial relations were that forward prior to him taking a knee. They just hid it well.

Such a hateful word.

I don't think anyone's "comfortable" using the n-word.

Along with the c-word they're currently the most powerfully negative, harmful words in the english language.

In the last 50 years, I've rarely heard them (other than African Americans referring to each other in casual conversation - I guess that's OK).