Colin Kaepernick Is GQ's 2017 Citizen of the Year
Source: GQ
Much has changed in the four years since Colin Kaepernick was last on the cover of GQ. Back then he was a rippling superhero of a quarterback on the rise. But a simple actkneeling during the national anthemchanged everything. It cost him his job. It also transformed Colin Kaepernick into a lightning rod and a powerful symbol of activism and resistance.
Though Colin Kaepernick continues his silent protest, he agreed to collaborate with GQ on a special project for our December Men of the Year issue in an effort to, as the piece explains, "reclaim the narrative of his protest." He helped us assemble a ten-person team of his closest confidantsincluding rapper J.Cole, director Ava DuVernay, activist Harry Belafonte, and Womens March co-organizer Linda Sarsourto speak on the subjects of activism, protest, and equality, and to offer some rare insights into Colin Kaepernick himself.
Though Colin Kaepernick continues his silent protest, he agreed to collaborate with GQ on a special project for our December Men of the Year issue in an effort to, as the piece explains, "reclaim the narrative of his protest." He helped us assemble a ten-person team of his closest confidantsincluding rapper J.Cole, director Ava DuVernay, activist Harry Belafonte, and Womens March co-organizer Linda Sarsourto speak on the subjects of activism, protest, and equality, and to offer some rare insights into Colin Kaepernick himself.
Paired with the piece are inspiring images by Martin Schoeller, who photographed Kaepernick in Harlem, intending to evoke the spirit of Muhammad Alis anti-Vietnam War protests in the neighborhood during the late 60s.
Read more: https://www.gq.com/story/colin-kaepernick-cover-men-of-the-year
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redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)The right wing will be nuts!
Billy Jingo
(77 posts)Perhaps GQ has different criteria for citizenship.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Bumper stickers do anyone little credit.
Perhaps you have a different criteria for what supports a premise.
Billy Jingo
(77 posts)Like that?
Or is that more meme than bumper sticker?
dhill926
(16,391 posts)By folks who have never read GQ. Perhaps they can buy copies and then burn them.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Just sayin...
RobinA
(9,909 posts)I love this guy's 'fro. (Am I allowed to say that?) NObody wears their hair that way anymore, but he does and it's great!