Colin Kaepernick

Ava DuVernay is a trailblazer in more ways than one. In 2015, the director became the first Black woman to have helmed a film that received a best-picture Oscar nod: the heart-wrenching Selma, which starred David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. She followed it up with the Oscar-nominated 13th,…

In his new coming-of-age Netflix series, "Colin in Black & White," former NFL quarterback-turned-civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick is running deep into controversy, this time by equating professional football's draft process with modern-day slavery. As the first episode opens, a flurry of football players, portrayed by Black actors, are seen…

Only weeks ago, former NFL player Colin Kaepernick was claiming that he was still training for a pro football comeback, but now he is saying that the NFL is little else but modern-day slavery. Early in October, Kaepernick once again told the media and his fans that he was still…

Former NFL player Colin Kaepernick has come under fire for comparing the NFL’s draft process to a slave auction in his new Netflix series, Colin in Black & White. Kaepernick, who made headlines in 2016 by choosing to sit, then kneel during The National Anthem, accuses the NFL of establishing…

AP Photo/Chris Pizzello Colin Kaepernick used part of his new Netflix limited series to criticize the way the NFL evaluates players. One scene from Colin in Black and White features Kaepernick narrating a segment in which the scouting combine process is compared to slavery. As Kaepernick narrates, the onscreen action shows…

Colin Kaepernick Compares Playing in NFL ... To Literal Slavery 10/30/2021 6:17 PM PT Colin Kaepernick's new Netflix documentary starts out with a bang -- making a literal comparison of playing for the NFL ... to being bought and sold in slavery. The former quarterback-turned-activist begins the film -- titled…

Colin Kaepernick's Netflix special drew scrutiny this week as the former NFL quarterback who hasn't played a down of football compared the NFL Draft process and training camp to slavery. "Colin in Black & White" explored the former NFL star’s life from high school to the events that supposedly led…

Ah, Netflix. Colin Kaepernick has a new special on Netflix called “Colin in Black and White,” which in the words of NPR’s reviewer, “shows a star athlete reaching toward Blackness.” The critic notes that the special “delivers its message with storytelling subtle as a sledgehammer.” Check out this segment in…

"What you start out as isn't always what you become." This is lesson Colin Kaepernick sees in the story of Romare Bearden, one of the 20th century's more influential Black artists. Bearden could have become the first Black baseball player in the major leagues, but the catch was that nobody would…

Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images Though he hasn’t taken an NFL snap in years, Colin Kaepernick remains a vital figure and two books take a look at his importance and impact It’s been over five years since Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the National Anthem, bringing the worlds…