Two celebrities have created controversy this week over their denouncement of racially based police brutality, but they used two completely different methods to get their messages across.

On Saturday, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand during the national anthem at a preseason game, claiming he cannot support a country which he believes promotes racial injustice.

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