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Auggie

(31,167 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 10:25 AM Jul 2020

Colin Kaepernick, Nobel Peace Prize winner?

The Mercury News / June 24, 2020

That is Dr. Harry Edwards’ impassioned goal for the former 49ers quarterback who, four years ago, famously protested against social injustice and police misconduct, issues that again are at the forefront of American society.

“He should be nominated at least for the Nobel Peace Prize, not just in terms of what he has done, but going all the way back to the beginning when athletes have played such a major role in the social justice movement, the movement for freedom, equality and so forth, not just in this country but around the world,” Edwards said in a phone interview Wednesday with this news organization.

Edwards is America’s preeminent sports sociologist, a long-time 49ers consultant and he has the capacity to nominate Kaepernick based on his standing as a professor emeritus of Cal’s sociology department. Edwards intends to write a letter on Kaepernick’s candidacy to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and a nomination form can be submitted online between September and next February. This year’s 318 candidates are already set.

Although he consulted with and educated Kaepernick on racial and societal issues throughout his 49ers career from 2011-16, Edwards has not spoken with him in the past few weeks amid Black Lives Matter protests nationally and globally. Kaepernick has not commented publicly beyond rare social-media posts.

MORE: https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/24/colin-kaepernick-nobel-peace-prize-winner-why-a-civil-rights-icon-is-advocating/

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Colin Kaepernick, Nobel Peace Prize winner? (Original Post) Auggie Jul 2020 OP
Excellent. brush Jul 2020 #1
It looks like he's going to officially launch his Kaepernick campaign when he visits Switzerland... Brother Buzz Jul 2020 #2
Oh man, I hadn't thought of Trump's reaction Auggie Jul 2020 #3
Dr. Harry Edwards has the orange anus' number Brother Buzz Jul 2020 #4

Brother Buzz

(36,416 posts)
2. It looks like he's going to officially launch his Kaepernick campaign when he visits Switzerland...
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 01:15 PM
Jul 2020

And pitch it to the world

The image of the orange anus stewing in his own juices when the headlines start appearing: PRICELESS

Brother Buzz

(36,416 posts)
4. Dr. Harry Edwards has the orange anus' number
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 02:18 PM
Jul 2020

I convinced Dr. Edwards will engineer his words to assure "Trump" will be included in the headlines. And knowing the orange anus only reads shit when his name is mentioned, we can brace ourselves for the mother of all tweet storms.

Can you say, "Baited"?

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