Colin's new book, titled "Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies," delves deep into the socioeconomic landscape of the United States and its impact on the black community. With the assistance of "two prominent black Marxists," Kaepernick came to the realization that capitalism poses as the genuine adversary of African Americans.
According to Colin, achieving "black liberation" is unattainable within the current economic system, and he advocates for embracing Marxism as the most viable path forward.
From Headline USA:
This is some pretty radical stuff that Kaepernick is pushing.
The book featured essays from W.E.B. Du Bois and Angela Davis, both of whom expressed disdain for capitalism in their writings, alongside the quarterback’s prose.
The book originated out of the battle over AP African American Studies, which focused largely on teaching modern critical race theory to high school students. The College Board revised the curriculum after Florida Governor and 2024 Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis pushed back on the course.
Kaepernick called out DeSantis, claiming that his book was “the kind of book [the governor] wants to ban.”
“Any attempt to whitewash the past should actually be understood as a concrete step toward fascism and a desire to build a nation state where power is concentrated in the hands of a self-anointed (read: white) few,” he said.
Kaepernick alleged that the book made the argument against capitalism very well, and claimed he wanted readers to understand that white supremacy is a complex, multi-faceted problem.
“I hope it challenges readers to see that racism is not white supremacy’s only ingredient,” Kaepernick said. “White supremacy persists in part because of its relationship with capitalism, heteropatriarchy, ableism, and so on.”
Kaepernick previously wrote essays advocating for all levels of government to adopt far-left critical race theory by abolishing police and prisons.
Our country is already so divided, and it seems like the more conservatives push back against liberal idealogy, the more extreme their ideas become.
