(Substantive social transformation in our country) cannot happen without agitation and resistance, without protest and uncomfortable moments of reckoning. [Colin] Kaepernick's legacy resides far beyond the gridiron he deserves to play on; it resides in the spiral of social awareness and public conscience that his poignant protest has unleashed. Like [Jackie] Robinson, and [Muhammad] Ali, and so many others, his inspiring example rallies many more to muster the courage to face down oppression in our land.
-- Michael Eric Dyson, What Truth Sounds Like, p. 262
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