Things That Make White People Uncomfortable

by Michael Bennett

But the league and too many fans wanted to teach a lesson, not only to him but to every athlete who might want to step out of the box. Some shitty quarterbacks with the arm strength of Donald Trump Jr. were signed while Kaepernick was left at home. Richard Sherman even read off the names in an interview. There has clearly been collusion to keep him off a team. Owners are scared of the relationships Colin is building and the issues he’s raising. They are scared because his political views—that Black people shouldn’t be killed in the streets by police and should be empowered—are threatening to white society. They don’t want us to talk about this, even if it’s happening in communities where we grew up and members of our families still live. I get it, as a business owner, but at some point this conversation has to be about humanity and our shared future, not just the bottom line.