And his answer was very honest and on point: “I think we’ve moved past kneeling, and I think it’s time to go into actionable items.” So he continued, “For me it’s like action, [an] actionable item, what are we gonna do with it? Everyone heard, we hear what you’re saying, and everybody knows I agree with what you’re saying [in Kaepernick’s underlying message]. So what are we gonna do? You know what I’m saying? [Help] millions and millions of people, or we get stuck on Colin not having a job.”
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Which doesn’t mean that he wants protests to stop.