White Wisconsin Republicans Force Colin Kaepernick's Name to Be Scrapped from Black History Month Celebration
Colin Kaepernick.Photo: Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Republicans lawmakers in Wisconsin successfully pushed to eraseColin Kaepernickfrom a state celebration for Black History Month, multiple news outlets report. The legislature’s black caucus initially included the former San Francisco 49ers quarterbackin an annual resolution to honorprominent black figures from Wisconsin, praising the Milwaukee native as an activist “who has sought to raise attention to racial injustice and systemic oppression.” But Republican lawmakers refused to pass it unless Kaepernick was left off the list,according to CBS Newsand theMilwaukee Journal Sentinel....