Former NFL player Colin Kaepernick said black people can never be free under capitalism. "Black liberation simply isn't possible under capitalism," Kaepernick said in an interview with the New Republic published Monday. The former quarterback gained notoriety in 2016 when he began kneeling while the national anthem was played before games, in a protest against racial injustice. In the interview, Kaepernick discussed a book on black history he co-edited with prominent Marxists. "I think the anthology makes this argument quite well, and I hope it challenges readers to see that...

Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback-turned-social justice activist, co-edited and wrote an essay for a new book, "Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies," which is set to be released on the Fourth of July. Kaepernick recently talked about the book with The New Republic and about working with "two of the most prominent Black Marxists" – Robin D.G. Kelley and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. He praised the two writers and hoped the new book challenges readers’ thinking about capitalism. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE...

Failed NFL quarterback and professional activist Colin Kaepernick has released a book, and its contents are about what you’d expect from a man of his reputation. Titled “Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies,” the novel is a collection of writings by several authors who defend the poisonous ideologies of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Critical Race Theory (CRT), feminist theory, and several others. The goal of the book is to explain how these worldviews - which Kaepernick describes as “Black Studies” - are vital to...

"I think the anthology makes this argument quite well, and I hope it challenges readers to see that racism is not white supremacy’s only ingredient. White supremacy persists in part because of its relationship with capitalism, heteropatriarchy, ableism, and so on," Kaepernick explained, who became known for boycotting the National Anthem during football games by means of kneeling. According to Daily Mail, Kaepernick's book features a collection of essays authored by notable civil rights activists such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Angela Davis who explain in their pieces that "systemic...