Colin Kaepernick: ‘Didn’t really matter’ who won election

Published November 10, 2016 2:10pm ET



Colin Kaepernick said he didn’t vote on Election Day and said it didn’t matter who won because of the “systematic oppression” faced by minorities.

“I’ve been very disconnected from the systematic oppression as a whole,” the San Francisco 49ers quarterback said in a conference call. “So, for me, it’s another face that’s going to be the face of that system of oppression. And to me, it didn’t really matter who went in there, the system still remains intact that oppresses people of color.”

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