The soccer star celebrated the former 49ers quarterback as 'a person filled with conviction, unafraid of the consequences.'
Megan Rapinoe praised former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s activism while accepting a Glamour Women of the Year award at a ceremony on Monday evening.
She continued, “So while I’m enjoying all of this unprecedented, and frankly, a little bit uncomfortable attention and personal success in large part due to my activism off the field, Colin Kaepernick is still effectively banned.” Kaepernick announced on Twitter on Tuesday that he has been invited to work out for teams on Saturday in Atlanta. The announcement coincides with renewed calls for his return to the league, especially amid a series of recent quarterback injuries.In 2016, the star forward became the first high-profile white or female athlete to stand in solidarity with Kaepernick by kneeling during the national anthem prior to a soccer game.
Later in her speech on Monday night, Rapinoe said: “It would be a slap in the face to Colin and to so many other faces not to acknowledge, and for me personally to work relentlessly, to dismantle that system that benefits some over the determent of others and frankly is, quite literally, tearing us apart in this country.”
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