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Colin Kaepernick’s Parents Break Their Silence: “Colin Is Carrying A Heavy Load”

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Rick and Teresa Kaepernick finally open up.

Colin Kaepernick’s Parents Break Their Silence: “Colin Is Carrying A Heavy Load”

Colin Kaepernick Hosts “Know Your Rights” Camp For Homeless And Underprivileged Bay Area Kids

Colin Kaepernick Hosts Know Your Rights Event For Poor Kids 49ers baller Colin Kaepernick recently hosted a series of events informing underprivileged minority kids how to better themselves in their respective communities. This weekend, the QB hosted a “Know Your Rights” camp for Bay Area children. Kaepernick used some of his off time to organize and host the event with several volunteers. The baller says “We want to teach you today about financial literacy, how you can pursue higher education, how you can be physically fit and healthy.” Here is the opening to @Kaepernick7 “KNOW YOUR RIGHTS” event for underprivileged youth and homeless in Oakland, Richmond and San Francisco. pic.twitter.com/qn2d51OldM — Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpearsESPN) October 29, 2016 Check out the 10 point plan below: You have the right to be free. You have the right to be healthy. You have the right to be brilliant. You have the right to be safe. You have the right be loved. You have the right to be courageous. You have the right to be alive. You have the right to be trusted. You have the right to be educated. You have the right to know your rights. Now this is how you help the community! Colin Kaepernick, doing the work, fostering change, forging a legacy || https://t.co/EYErRjxuwn || pic.twitter.com/aY9fv0NZWm — Marcus Thompson (@ThompsonScribe) October 30, 2016 Much love to Kaepernick for taking a knee and still taking a stand for justice. Twitter

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Dear Bossip: His Mom Introduced Us, But After We Met He Says He Wants His Baby Momma

Dear Bossip , I recently read one of your responses to a young lady about her situation with an ex that was in jail, and I’m hoping that you will be able to help me shed light on my situation. I’m really struggling with depression from it. One of my friends that I work with added me on Facebook and I noticed she had a very cute son. I mentioned it to her and she told me that he was single, but also in jail. To make a long story short she sent him a picture of me and we then began to exchange letters for a couple of months, and then we started talking on the phone every night. We had multiple discussions about his ex and their child together including where they stand as far as their relationship. He reassured me that they were over and I didn’t have to worry that. I had apprehensions because my co-worker and the baby’s mother are close, and, even though she got him and I together at the time the baby’s mother and her were fighting. Since then, they have made up and she stopped communicating with me as much. I felt like she wanted them to be together. We saw each other for the first time on Sunday and everything was nice, but afterwards I didn’t hear from him. The radio silence continued for days until in the middle of the day on Wednesday, while I was at work, when he called me and told me that he’s going to try to work it out with his baby’s mom. My heart dropped and I cried all afternoon. I don’t know where this came from or how to deal with it. If you could give me some insight on what you think. I appreciate if you could help me. – A Very Brief Encounter Dear Ms. A Very Brief Encounter , When your co-worker told you that her son was in jail then that should have been the end of the discussion. There was nothing more to discuss, to chat about, or explore. And, why would she send him a picture of you to him? It’s obvious you got hyped and told her to send your picture to him. So, in your eagerness to meet her “very cute son,” you chose to forget that he is in jail. And, you chose to ignore that he had a baby momma. Oh, yeah, a baby momma who you learned is close with his momma. But, because you were so caught up in how he looked, and what he was telling you that you ignored all the red signs. You ignored the crucial factor that he was in jail. So, please tell me what type of future were you planning on having with him? Why would you engage and begin conversing with a man in jail? What is the reason for that? What could he do for you? You ran up your phone bill taking his phone calls from jail because you thought this was going to be a long-term relationship? Are you that lonely and desperate for a man that you have resorted to men in jail? Of course he will write you and call you from jail, and tell you all these wonderful things and how much he wants to be with you, build a relationship, and be your man and you his woman. He has nothing but time on his hands, so writing and calling you is the thrill of his day. Men in jail will tell you anything you want to hear because it’s jail talk. Hell, I’m sure he was writing and calling his baby momma while he was in there as well. Next, though his mother and baby momma were on the outs when she hooked you up with her son, uhm, don’t you find it kind of strange that this is the moment she introduces you to her son? She is mad at her, and to get back at her because she is mad, angry, and upset with his baby momma, she was thinking of a strategy to be vindictive. Aha! You see her son. You mention he’s cute and inquire about him. Ding! Ding! Ding! The mother is like, “I’ll get back at her. I can’t stand her.” So, she introduces him to another woman. Oh, and a woman she happens to work with. That is such a dig. And, she is bragging on Facebook talking about how her son has met a new woman, and it’s a woman from her job, and blah, blah, blah. But, then, they make up, and become good friends again, and then the mother stops communicating with you. Oh, that was convenient. Basically, you were a pawn. She used you, and you fell for it. You are too blinded by naivety and this faux relationship that you can’t see how they all used you. SMDH! Then, he comes home from jail. You and he decide to finally meet, and have a face-to-face. A few days later he calls and says he’s going to work on his relationship with his baby mother. Well, one of two things could have happened. First, he didn’t like you when he met you in person, meaning, you were not physically his type. Because most men would attempt to smash or get with you despite trying to get back with their baby momma, especially if he just got out of jail. He is going to hump any and everything moving. And, I find it odd that he was telling you not to worry about his baby momma and she wasn’t a factor, but now he wants to work things out with her. Naw, son. I don’t believe that. Something else happened. So, maybe he didn’t think you were his type, physically. Second, since the mother and baby momma made up and became buddy-buddy once again, then, you are no longer needed. Your role was insignificant. Remember, you were a pawn. You were being used a ruse and a distraction for her son while she was fighting with the baby momma. And, who knows what she was telling him about you. Think about it – that’s her son. They have intimate conversations you are not privy to, and she can tell him anything about you. He came back home, to his momma house, and she is telling him all about you, be it good or bad. And, since she’s stopped communicating with you at work, then, I’m going to err on the side that she is not saying nice things about you. I don’t know why you are crying and upset over someone who basically can’t do anything for you. He doesn’t have a place of his own. He lives at home with his momma, or his baby momma. He doesn’t have a job, therefore, he has no money. He is a criminal, and his job opportunities will be very limited. He has a baby momma that is in and out of his life. He’s a deadbeat dad because if he doesn’t have a job, then he can’t afford to take care of his child. His mother meddles in his business. And, quite frankly, he’s a child himself. He is not a man. He is a boy. So, please tell me why you are upset and crying over him? Girl, please grow up. Get some common sense. And, stop letting people use you, and play you as a pawn. Stop confusing co-workers with friendships. They are not your friends. And, un-friend her on Facebook. Mind your business. Keep it cordial. And, go to work and do your work. Leave men in jail alone, and stop trolling your friends Facebook pages looking for a hook-up. – Terrance Dean Hey Bossip Fam, what do you think? S hare your opinions and thoughts below! Also, e-mail all your questions Terrance Dean:  loveandrelationships@bossip.com  Follow Terrance Dean on Twitter:   @ terrancedean and “LIKE” Terrance Dean on Facebook, click  HERE ! Make sure to order my books Mogul: A Novel (Atria Books – June 2011; $15); Hiding In Hip Hop (Atria    Books – June 2008); and Straight From Your Gay Best Friend – The Straight Up Truth About Relationships, Love, And Having A Fabulous Life (Agate/Bolden Books – November 2010; $15). They are available in bookstores everywhere, and on Amazon, click  HERE !      

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NFL Players Who Criticized Odell Beckham And Colin Kaepernick Are Defending A Player Who Beat His Wife

NFL Shows Its Hypocrisy In case you’ve been living in a cave the last few months, then you know that NFL players have spent a lot of their time criticizing Colin Kaepernick for kneeling during the National Anthem. They’ve also criticized Odell Beckham for dancing and running around with a kicker’s net during games. But when it comes to domestic violence? Josh Brown is a kicker for the Giants and it’s been revealed that he beat his wife. He admitted to it and wrote about it in hie journal. So what have the athletes who criticized Kaep and OBJ said about Brown? Let’s take a look.

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LeSean McCoy Wants To Bring Cops To Next Game Against Colin Kaepernick

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While plenty of black NFL players have come out in support of Colin Kaepernick‘s national anthem protest,  LeSean McCoy doesn’t appear to be one of them. In fact McCoy is taking things a bit further by bringing a group of 15 to 20 cops to the Buffalo Bills’ next game. McCoy said that it has yet to be […]

LeSean McCoy Wants To Bring Cops To Next Game Against Colin Kaepernick

Ho Sit Down: Drake Disgusted By India Love’s Thirsty Fame-Slorish Tactics

Drake Feels Used By India Love We’re getting a clearer idea of why Drake raps about why he shouldn’t have to F “For Free.” As we previously reported, Drake wants to completely wash his hands of any i nvolvement with Instagram model and reality star India Love Westbrooks especially after her sister Crystal put their “situationship” on full blizzy. Crystal has since apologized to her little sister, but inside sources tell BOSSIP that Drake is the real victim in the situation. “He never intended for things to go anywhere with that girl,” a source close to the rapper told BOSSIP. “It was supposed to just be a sex thing, and he feels like she wanted it to get out on the blogs so that she could get more attention.” It definitely doesn’t seem like the Cali native ever intended on keeping their private business private. India Love posted several social media messages related to the rapper, even going so far as to include mugs embossed with his signature owl logo in one photo that also incorporated some of his lyrics. Friends says the rapper is actually livid at the public association because he never entertained any notion of having a real relationship with the Instagram model. “It was never meant to go any further than sex,” one insider told BOSSIP. According to the source, Drake wants nothing further to do with India Love and reportedly told friends, “I can’t do nothing for that little girl.” A second source tells BOSSIP that India Love was “definitely looking for a come up” when she encountered the rapper. “She basically just wants to be taken care of. She’s trying to find a high profile guy who will pay the bills so she can live well and floss on social media.” It turns out that guy may be India Love’s current boo, UCLA football player Ron Robinson. “Ron was paying her bills before,” the other source alleged to BOSSIP. “He put her up in an apartment in L.A. for 3 or four months, but they broke up and he moved out and stopped paying rent. She had to move back home with her parents.” Ouch. But luckily for India Love her timeout didn’t last long. “It kinda seems like she used Drake to make her ex [Robinson] jealous,” the second source said of India Love. “He saw her with Drake and decided to take her back.” Hmmmm. Funny how that happens. If y’all saw your ex with a more famous person — would you even WANT them back? Lucky for her, we guess. In the meantime, we’re guessing Drake is having to do some serious work work work work work work, to get back in Rihanna’s good graces. Hit the flip for more from both Drake and India Love on this situation!

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Colin Kaepernick Claps Back At Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Rude Remarks About His Anthem Protest

Colin Kaepernick Responds To Justice Ginsburg’s Remarks Colin Kaepernick is used to being attacked right and left at this point…but the criticism are coming from more and more surprising places. This time, it’s Supreme Court Justics Ruth Bader Ginsburg. According to TMZ , Ginsburg told Katie Couric in a recent interview that she didn’t have any respect for Colin’s “dumb” protest…but he and all other “stupid, arrogant” athletes who care enough about the police executions of unarmed Black men to make a stand are well within their right to do so. “I think it’s dumb and disrespectful…If they want to be stupid, there’s no law that should be preventive. If they want to be arrogant, there’s no law that prevents them from that.” SMH. These lifelong seats are seeming like a worse and worse idea with each year they age into senility and outspoken bigotry. Either way…Colin had a response: “It is disappointing to hear a Supreme Court Justice call a protest against injustices and oppression ‘stupid, dumb’ in reference to players doing that. I was reading an article and it refers to white critique of black protests and how they try to delegitimize 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.” Colin also says that the flag, though white people hold it in the highest regard, isn’t more worthy of respect than human life: “At the end of the day the flag is just a piece of cloth and I am not going to value a piece of cloth over people’s lives.” Look at Colin, keeping it classy. Better than resorting to calling rude names and being dismissive…like this judge in this highly respected position. Getty/AP/Wenn

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What Backlash? Crowd Chants For 49ers To Put A Benched Colin Kaepernick In The Game Against The Cardinals

Crowd Chants In Support Of Colin Kaepernick Even though racists are trashing the fro’d out baller right and left for using his rights as an American to protest the senseless killings of unarmed Black men…it seems that Colin Kaepernick still has a healthy swell of support. With sales of his Jerseys skyrocketing in the months since he started taking a knee, Colin is now getting verbal support from the fans. While benched during tonight’s game against the Cardinals, a swell of chants rose from the bleachers demanding that Kaepernick be put in the game: Someone is still rooting for him! Instagram/Splash/WENN/AKM-GSI

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What Backlash? Crowd Chants For 49ers To Put A Benched Colin Kaepernick In The Game Against The Cardinals

LeBron James Expresses Support for Colin Kaepernick

LeBron James will be standing for the national anthem when the 2016-2017 NBA season kicks off this fall. But he's also standing up for Colin Kaepernick right here and now. Asked at a press conference on Monday for his take on Kaepernick, who continues to make headlines for kneeling during the national anthem in protest of social injustice, James said the following: Me standing for the national anthem is something I will do. That's who I am. That's what I believe in.” HOWEVER… “That doesn't mean I don't respect and don't believe in what Colin Kaepernick is doing. You have the right to voice your opinion, stand for your opinion, and he's doing it in the most peaceful way I've ever seen someone do something.” James also believes in the same cause as Kaepernick. Along with three other NBA superstars, he opened the ESPY Awards in July with a speech against gun violence and racial tension in America. “My personal feelings is that I got a 12-year-old son, a 9-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter, and I look at my son being four years removed from driving his own car and being able to leave the house on his own, and it's a scary thought right now to think if my son gets pulled over,” James said. “You tell your kids if you just apply [the lessons you teach them] and if you just listen to the police that they will be respectful and it will work itself out. And you see these videos that continue to come out, and it's a scary-ass situation that if my son calls me and says that he's been pulled over that I'm not that confident that things are going to go well and my son is going to return home.  “And my son just started the sixth grade.” While LeBron says he won't be following Kaepernick's exact actions, he still showed support for the quarterback. And he takes issue with anyone who does not. “What I do not like about the situation is the negative attention that has been thrown upon him by some people because it's not deserved,” James said. “He was very educated, very smart, very candid and very demanding about what he wanted to do, and he didn't ask anyone else to join him. And he did it in the most peaceful manner I've ever seen anyone stand up and do something. So I can respect that. “And the things that I do personally, when I'm knowledgeable about it and I'm passionate about it, I'll do that as well and let you guys know when those things are because I'll tell you.” Watch snippets from LeBron's comments on the topic below:

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You Mad? Lebron James Says He Respects Colin Kaepernick, But He’ll Be Standing For The National Anthem [Video]

Lebron James Says He Will Be Standing For The National Anthem Today is NBA media day and in light of Colin Kaepernick ‘s National Anthem protest, journalists are interested in whether or not the league’s biggest star is going to follow suit… LeBron says he will stand for the National Anthem this year, but respects Colin Kaepernick's decision and his choice to express himself: pic.twitter.com/gk06iHqNpB — Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) September 26, 2016 How do you feel about Lebron saluting the flag despite the current social condition of black folks in America? Image via AP

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