Colin Kaepernick; the former NFL quarterback has called for more protest against the racial injustice in America during his speech at Harvard. Harvard awarded Colin Kaepernick with an award for his phenomenal contribution to the black history and culture.
On Thursday, Colin Kaepernick became one of the only eight people to receive the W.E.B. DuBois Medal from the Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.
Hutchins Center for African and African American Research; formerly the quarterback for San Francisco 49ers and now the free agent was removed from NFL following his kneeling protest during the 2016’s National Anthem at the NFL season opener. His protest was for the police brutality and social injustice. Colin Kaepernick has not been part of any team since January 2017.
30 years old Colin Kaepernick is planning to sue NFL for their actions of freezing him out of the league by team owners for his activism acts.
He said to media that, “In my opinion, it is not only my responsibility but of all the people in power, the privilege to continue to strive for the betterment of other people; uplift them and encourage them. If we don’t do this we become complicit in the situation. People all across America live with social injustice. We are expecting these people to thrive while they are only struggling to survive.”
Past honorees at the speech were names like Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, and Sonia Sotomayor.
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