Regarding "SCORN IN THE USA" (Sunday Sports C3), sportswriter Brian T. Smith is pretty hard on San Francisco backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick for remaining seated during the pledge of allegiance and declaring afterwards: “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.”
And while Smith also rightly points out that Kaepernick's peculiar rage likely has more to do with the fact that he's an NFL has-been at age 28 than any new-found sense of social justice, he doesn't offer any constructive suggestions to resolve the issue.
Giving Kaepernick the benefit of the doubt, I believe he should move to a country that is more accommodating not only of his political beliefs, but his football talents as well.
Colin, Canada beckons.
Pete Smith
Cypress, TX
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