Colin Kaepernick has just made his second appearance on the prestigious cover of GQ magazine.
Back in 2013, he graced the front cover, praised as one of the world’s greatest football players – in the latest GQ issue, he is framed on the cover not for his sporting talents, but for being named the magazine’s ‘Citizen of the Year’.
A year ago, American NFL star Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem to stand for systematic oppression and what he repeats as “police brutality toward black people”. His powerful gesture has been being recognized in headlines for months now, Colin was even locked out of his sport for this protesting.
Colin’s kneel during the anthem, in support of people of color and protesting their oppression was only the beginning of Kaepernick’s high-profile activism within the sporting industry.
Aptly, the headline of GQ’s Colin Kaepernick cover that was released today is “Colin Kaepernick Will Not Be Silenced.” However, little known is that Kaepernick isn’t only fighting against human injustice, he is also a vegan for animals.
The athlete has also started the Colin Kaepernick Foundation, saying the purpose is to “fight oppression of all kinds globally, through education and social activism.”
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