“When the National Anthem is played, I salute because I am a black man born and raised in the inner city afforded the opportunity for greatness in my own right.”

2010s, Message from a non-oppressed black man to Colin Kaepernick (28 August 2016)

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American politician; retired United States Army officer 1961

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