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Where is Colin Kaepernick's Presidential Medal of Freedom? - Los Angeles Times
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Letters to the Editor: Where is Colin Kaepernick’s Presidential Medal of Freedom?

Then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, right, kneels during the national anthem with teammate Eric Reid in 2016.
Then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, right, kneels during the national anthem with teammate Eric Reid on Sept. 18, 2016.
(Mike McCarn / Associated Press)

To the editor: When soccer star Megan Rapinoe campaigned for LGBTQ rights, she was warmly received.

However, when she took a knee to show solidarity with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who took a knee during the national anthem to bring attention to the issue of racial inequality and police brutality, she was castigated by whites, then-President Trump and conservative commentators in the media who changed the narrative and accused her and those who who take a knee of disrespecting the military.

Rapinoe is allowed to continue playing soccer, while Kaepernick was effectively banned from playing in the NFL. Likewise, Rapinoe is now a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, while Kaepernick is still a pariah.

I view this as an example of social, racial and gender inequality.

Debra Thomas, Inglewood

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