Ubiquitous
2023-06-23 19:52:02 UTC
The former sports personality turned civil rights activist insisted
that black liberation is not possible under capitalism while
promoting his new book, which is co-edited by two self-declared
Marxists.
As The Daily Mail reported:
Speaking to the New Republic, the former NFL quarterback, 35,
defended partnering with Robin D.G. Kelley and Keeanga-Yamahtta
Taylor to edit the anthology, Our History Has Always Been
Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies.
Kelley is a professor of history at UCLA who has described
himself as a Marxist surrealist feminist.
Taylor, also a vocal Marxist, teaches African American studies
at Northwestern University and is on the board of the
International Socialist Review.
Ive long admired Keeanga and Robins work as well as their
uncompromising political analysis and understanding that Black
liberation simply isnt possible under capitalism, Kaepernick said
when asked about working with two of the most prominent black Marxists
in the country.
I think the anthology makes this argument quite well, and I hope it
challenges readers to see that racism is not white supremacys only
ingredient., he added.
White supremacy persists in part because of its relationship with
capitalism, heteropatriarchy, ableism, and so on, Kaepernick
continued.
Kaepernick said, Black history and, more generally, a critical
engagement with U.S. history, threatens the white supremacist status
quo and that his new book is the kind of book DeSantis wants to ban.
He added:
Any attempt to whitewash the past should actually be understood as a
concrete step toward fascism and a desire to build a nation-state where
power is concentrated in the hands of a self-anointed (read: white)
few.
Kaepernick hadnt played in the NFL since 2016 when he began protesting
racist police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem before
games.
Kaepernick sued the NFL in 2017, accusing team owners of colluding to
keep him out of the league for his protests.
In 2019, the NFL and lawyers for players Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid
jointly announced they had settled a complaint of collusion by the
players, who claimed football team owners blackballed them because they
had protested racial injustice and police brutality by kneeling during
the playing of the national anthem before games.
Kaepernick also runs a publishing company and founded The Colin
Kaepernick Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to empower Black and
Brown youth.
--
Let's go Brandon!
that black liberation is not possible under capitalism while
promoting his new book, which is co-edited by two self-declared
Marxists.
As The Daily Mail reported:
Speaking to the New Republic, the former NFL quarterback, 35,
defended partnering with Robin D.G. Kelley and Keeanga-Yamahtta
Taylor to edit the anthology, Our History Has Always Been
Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies.
Kelley is a professor of history at UCLA who has described
himself as a Marxist surrealist feminist.
Taylor, also a vocal Marxist, teaches African American studies
at Northwestern University and is on the board of the
International Socialist Review.
Ive long admired Keeanga and Robins work as well as their
uncompromising political analysis and understanding that Black
liberation simply isnt possible under capitalism, Kaepernick said
when asked about working with two of the most prominent black Marxists
in the country.
I think the anthology makes this argument quite well, and I hope it
challenges readers to see that racism is not white supremacys only
ingredient., he added.
White supremacy persists in part because of its relationship with
capitalism, heteropatriarchy, ableism, and so on, Kaepernick
continued.
Kaepernick said, Black history and, more generally, a critical
engagement with U.S. history, threatens the white supremacist status
quo and that his new book is the kind of book DeSantis wants to ban.
He added:
Any attempt to whitewash the past should actually be understood as a
concrete step toward fascism and a desire to build a nation-state where
power is concentrated in the hands of a self-anointed (read: white)
few.
Kaepernick hadnt played in the NFL since 2016 when he began protesting
racist police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem before
games.
Kaepernick sued the NFL in 2017, accusing team owners of colluding to
keep him out of the league for his protests.
In 2019, the NFL and lawyers for players Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid
jointly announced they had settled a complaint of collusion by the
players, who claimed football team owners blackballed them because they
had protested racial injustice and police brutality by kneeling during
the playing of the national anthem before games.
Kaepernick also runs a publishing company and founded The Colin
Kaepernick Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to empower Black and
Brown youth.
--
Let's go Brandon!