Several celebrities have doubled down on their support of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick by vowing to boycott Sunday’s Super Bowl between the New England Patriots…
Several celebrities have doubled down on their support of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick by vowing to boycott Sunday’s Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams.
Film director Ava DuVernay led the charge on Twitter, announcing that she would be sitting on the sidelines for America’s biggest football game for the second year in a row.
«I will not be a spectator, viewer or supporter of the #SuperBowl today in protest of the @NFL’s racist treatment of @Kaepernick7 and its ongoing disregard for the health (and) well-being of all its players,» she wrote Sunday.
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DuVernay continued: «To watch the game is to compromise my beliefs. It’s not worth it. #ImWithKap»
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Actress Rosanna Arquette, the older sister to fellow actors Patricia Arquette and David Arquette, agreed with DuVernay by simply replying, «Me too.
