The life of Colin Kaepernick

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By taking a knee, he took a stand.  From NFL quarterback to civil rights activist, he has a new coming-of-age show on Netflix, "Colin in Black & White." This is the life of Colin Kaepernick.

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00:00This country stands for freedom, liberty, justice for all, and it's not happening for all right now.

00:20Nothing's ever been done without criticism.

00:22Every great change, every great, whether it's revolution or evolution of things,

00:29there's always criticism of it.

00:44I was adopted when I was very young, and that probably wouldn't have happened

00:49if my parents didn't lose two children to genetic heart defects.

01:00I was adopted when I was very young, and that probably wouldn't have happened

01:03if my parents didn't lose two children to genetic heart defects.

01:19I was adopted when I was very young, and that probably wouldn't have happened

01:23if my parents didn't lose two children to genetic heart defects.

01:29I was adopted when I was very young, and that probably wouldn't have happened

01:32if my parents didn't lose two children to genetic heart defects.

01:36When there's significant change, and I feel like that flag represents what it's supposed to represent,

01:41and this country is representing people the way that it's supposed to, I'll stand.

01:59When there's significant change, and I feel like that flag represents what it's supposed to, I'll stand.

02:16I stand by what I've done. I know why I've done it.

02:19My faith in God is the reason.

02:21And I can go to sleep at night confident that I did what I was called to do.

02:29I wanted to shine light on police brutality, on racial inequality, and things like that.

02:34And that's what the NFL players have stood for, and I definitely respect that.

02:37That's what the NFL players have stood for, and I definitely respect that.

02:58The fact that you say, no, you're a backup quarterback staying in your place, that's an issue.

03:03That's an issue.

03:04I mean, to me, you're telling me that my position as a back-up quarterback and being quiet is

03:10more important than people's lives.

03:25Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag,

03:31to say, get that son of a b***h off the field right now, out, he's fired.

03:47Colin Kaep is under attack, what do we do?

03:51I think by the amount of people that are coming out here today on a short notice like this,

03:55is an indication that people are in agreement that Kaepernick is not being treated fairly.

04:25Believe in your path, and by doing that, we can become who we're destined to be.

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