Four Sask. players named to Canada world junior hockey championship team
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Berkly Catton, Brayden Yager, Caden Price and Tanner Howe were all named.
Right along with the name George Floyd, we’ve seen the name of Colin Kaepernick being discussed in the last week.
You know, the NFL quarterback whom many yelled at, booed, criticized and turned their back on because he was taking a knee during the national anthem.
I hope today, and over the last week, there are many people who are disgusted with themselves for the way they treated and perceived Kaepernick.
He was labelled a selfish, unpatriotic distraction who should be fired for protesting at his place of work.
He was none of those things.
Remember what he protesting? He was protesting racism minority Americans face in the justice system. He wanted change. Change was needed.
If only we all would have paid attention and listened to what he was protesting rather than when he was protesting. We would have been five years ahead of where we are today.
So the next time a player takes a knee during the national anthem, and I hope there are plenty when sports return, listen to the reason and empathize rather than making them a villain.
Because the further away we get from his initial protest, Kaepernick is looking more and more like a hero.