Blatant attempt to garner attention for the show. Pathetic.
COLIN Kaepernick has been branded "the lowest of the low" by outraged viewers after comparing the NFL Draft and training camp to SLAVERY in his new Netflix special.https://www.the-sun.com/sport/3969736/colin-kaepernick-nfl-draft-slavery-netflix/A clip from the former football quarterback's new show - Colin in Black & White - has gone viral and caused a social media frenzy to erupt as the 33-year-old attempts to draw similarities between scrutiny players receive from coaches to that of slavers.
The former NFL has been slammed for attempting to draw similarities between the selection process and slaveryCredit: © 2021 Netflix, Inc.
In the clip, Kaepernick - who earned more than $40million during his time in the NFL - says players were left with "no dignity intact" by coaches and scouts.
"What they don’t want you to understand is what’s being established is a power dynamic," Kaepernick says in the special while walking through a staged NFL practice field.
"Before they put you on the field, teams poke, prod, and examine you searching for any defect that might affect your performance.
"No boundary respect. No dignity left intact."
A line of actors portraying NFL prospects, all of them black, then walk by Kaepernick before morphing into slaves at an auction with shackles on as slave owners examine and bid on them.
Later in the video, the owners start whipping players as Kaepernick attempts to draw comparisons between the abuse slaves suffered in the US and the NFL combine process that drafts players into the league.
One wrote: "Colin Kaepernick compares the NFL combine, which allows all players of all races a voluntary chance to become multi-millionaires, to slavery.
"Anyone still defending this imbecile lacks a functional brain."
Super Bowl Champion and US Representative Burgess Owen also took to Twitter to blast Kaepernick, writing: " How dare @Kaepernick compares the evil endured by so many of our ancestors to a bunch of millionaires who CHOSE to play game."
Another user added: "God @Kaepernick7 you are the absolute lowest of the low.
"This racially-divisive bs is exactly what people are starting to wake up to now for what overwhelmingly the large part is: manufactured by ppl like you.
SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE
"I'm so thankful that your pathetic ass never got back into the @NFL."
The show - which was released on October 29 - explores the ex-NFL star's childhood and the events that led to him becoming an advocate for social justice.
In 2016, Kaepernick became a household name after he took a knee during the national anthem.
"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick said at the time of his decision.
"To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."
After this, his NFL career ended because no one wanted to draft him after he became a free agent in 2017, and it also sparked protests across the country where many people boycotted Nike, who stood by his decision.
