Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Colin Kaepernick’s protest was dumb and disrespectful.
Once again, missing the point of Kaepernick’s protest by focusing on the flag and this time it’s coming from a Supreme Court justice.
Kaepernick spoke about Ginsburg’s remarks to Mercury News and here’s what he had to say,
It is disappointing to hear a Supreme Court justice call a protest against injustices and oppression ‘stupid, dumb’ in reference to players doing that
He continued to speak about the critique white people give black protesters by calling it dumb/stupid etc.
I was reading an article and it refers to white critique of black protests and how they try to de-legitimize it by calling it ‘idiotic, dumb, stupid,’ things of that nature, so they can sidestep the real issue. As I was reading that I saw more and more truth how this has been approached by people in power and white people in power in particular.
Kaepernick said the reason why it took so long to speak out was because he wanted to learn more about it. He covered all his bases and it shows when he answers questions from the media.
He’s been very thoughtful, articulate and patient. If people read about the issues they wouldn’t be mad at Kaepernick but that’s asking for too much.