I's expected that when the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots line up for Super Bowl LII on Sunday none of them will kneel in protest. However, some people are still down for the cause and the Take A Knee protest that was started during the 2016 NFL season by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. And director Ava DuVernay made it known this weekend that she still stands with Kap no matter what.
The only football player I’m checking for this weekend. ‘Cause I cannot pretend that everything is okay with this enterprise. #ImWithKap
pic.twitter.com/ug9LPU12SS— Ava DuVernay (@ava) February 4, 2018
It's the NFL's main event after what Huffington Post columnist Jamil Smith dubbed the "blackest year in NFL history," but it seems the protest that took the franchise by storm may be taking a backseat during the big game. After DuVernay's post, however, others made it known that they haven't forgotten about Kap either.
I’m watching kitten bowl and puppy bowl!! I have not watched a single NFL game and will continue to boycott…I know this might not make a difference but my conscience could not do otherwise! #ImWithKap
— Wanda Parks (@WandaParks18) February 4, 2018
— ????Studded Shackles (@jjhardy16) February 4, 2018
What football game??? #ImWithKap
— Tammy Johnson (@Tiksmom) February 4, 2018
He’s an inspiration to us all #ImWithKap
— Stringer Bell #QGTM (@PresidentedeSHC) February 4, 2018
@Kaepernick7 is the most famous & still the most famously unemployed person N the world/The super bowl is still an NFL game 2B boycotted/#NoKaepernickNoNFL
— Malaika H. Kambon (@serious2020) February 4, 2018
It may be the biggest game of the year and the players may have decided to have a game without political agitation, but we haven't forgotten. We're with Kap, because after the game the issues of racism, police brutality and injustice will still be waiting for us on Monday.
