The following video is a compilation of suspected white supremacist fans who have decided to record themselves on video burning the the Black QB’s jersey. Judging off of the video’s “like/dislike” ratio, one can see that this (Kaepernick’s jersey burning) is well received by a large number of viewers on a grand scale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPMQeR1uiBY

The burning of Colin Kaepernick’s jersey isn’t new. As a matter of fact, it has become a trending activity that suspected white supremacist sports fans engage in when their favorite Black superstar athletes ‘get out of place’. Perhaps the most notable jersey burning ceremony took place in 2010, when white fans in Cleveland took to the streets in a belligerent manner to burn their Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James jerseys after he made his famous ‘Decision’ to leave the Cavs by signing with the Miami Heat that summer.

Shortly before the white supremacist sports fans’ outrage against Kaepernick ensued a few days ago, NBA superstar Kevin Durant–who played for the Oklahoma City Thunder for nearly a decade–signed with the Golden State Warriors as a free agent this past summer (2016). The video below shows fans giving Durant the same treatment:

In the eyes of many, the notion of these fans burning jerseys of their favorite players can be written off as an act of passionate sports fans heartbroken and angry. In reality, this trend contains heavy racial undertones. Colin Kaepernick, LeBron James, and Kevin Durant are all blessed with otherworldly athletic abilities, they are great teammates, and more importantly, they are upstanding citizens whose faces we’ve never seen in mugshots. However, this does not matter to white supremacists.

The issue that the dominant society has with the aforementioned athletes is that they are well-to-do Black men who either:

a) They prioritize their own best business interests over the selfish wants of their white supremacist fans

b) They’ve used their platform to openly address serious matters that affect Black Society

or

c) They do both.

This has always posed a problem among white supremacists, who’d rather see nothing more than Black athletes–and non athletes alike– stay in their places by doing nothing to empower themselves economically, socially, etc. Instead of deploying lynch mobs to burn down great Black communities such as Tulsa, Oklahoma or Rosewood, Florida, they’ve utilized that same lynch mob mentality to burn jerseys of Black athletes who…decide to take their lives into their own hands.

B. Clark

Cortland Selman, who’s Black, flew to the Oklahoma state capital from Detroit to defend Daniel Holtzclaw, the aforementioned rapist cop while his trial was still underway last month. Selman claims that he and Holtzclaw have been longtime friends, and had this to say about him in the following video:

Even though all of the women who were sexually assaulted by Holtzclaw were Black, Selman (Holtzclaw’s friend) doesn’t seem to believe that his convicted friend held any ill will toward against Black Society. Holtzclaw even committed his sex crimes against his Melanoid victims in one of Oklahoma’s poorest (and predominately Black) neighborhoods, according to CNN.  It appears as if Daniel Holtzclaw’s hideous acts were indeed committed in a very calculating and specific manner, targeting only Black women.

As the prosecution said in a closing statement last week, “He didn’t choose CEOs or soccer moms; he chose women he could count on not telling what he was doing.” Doesn’t that sound like women who have been subjugated and cast aside by society to be a permanent underclass?

Individuals in Black Society such as Cortland Selman could be provided with numerous evidence of white supremacist oppression and evildoing, yet they will still defend white supremacists to a fault–no matter how despicable their actions toward Melanoid people may be.

B. Clark