It’s not a holiday for Colin Kaepernick, who criticized July 4 as a “celebration of white supremacy,” in a tweet.
“Black people have been dehumanized, brutalized, criminalized + terrorized by the United States for centuries, and are expected to join in their commemoration of ‘independence’ as they enslave our ancestors. We reject his celebration of white supremacy and look forward to liberation for all, ”the former NFLer star tweeted.
The activist, who was infamously rejected by the league after kneeling during the national anthem, combined the message with a video that combined images of slaves, police brutality, the KKK, the Declaration of Independence and lynchings along with Frederick Douglass “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July speech, as narrated by actor James Earl Jones.
“Comrades, forgive me, let me ask, why are you calling me to speak here today? What do I, or those I represent, have to do with their national independence? Jones reads.
“Are the great principles of political freedom and natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us?” Jones continues in the short clip. “… This Fourth of July is yours, not mine.”
.
