(CNN)“I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag. I know that I am a black man in a white world.”
That’s not Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback whose refusal to stand during the national anthem has invited criticism from all corners of the sports world.
Source :- http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/29/sport/colin-kaepernick-flag-protest-has-history-trnd/index.html