Kipchoge: The Last Milestone director Jake Scott makes a connection between Eliud Kipchoge, Simone Biles, and Colin Kaepernick.
The story of Colin Kaepernick is one that inspires and infuriates me in equal measure. He was drafted into the NFL as a backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers in 2011. The following year, he became the 49ers' starting quarterback, and led the team to their first Super Bowl appearance in many years. He is, by all accounts, an excellent quarterback, one who should've enjoyed as long a career in the NFL as he wanted. Except: In 2016, Kaepernick began kneeling during the National Anthem as a silent protest against the many injustices committed on American soil by …
I think it’s fair to say that Colin Kaepernick has made more history through his activism than as a football player. He was certainly a solid QB, and deserved a job more than some of the guys that teams chose to contract instead of him, but his legacy is now cemented as someone who was willing to risk his lucrative career to protest police brutality through the simple act of taking a knee during the National Anthem. Netflix will now take a look at Kaepernick’s formative years with Colin in Black & White, a six-part scripted series …