“I do mind you wrapping it in social justice when you’re working with an organization that denies someone an opportunity,' Nessa Diab said of Jay-Z.
Wednesday, saying he was working with an organization that had blackballed Kaepernick.
Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, said the deal had been in the works over the last seven months. Wednesday's news conference was held on the third anniversary of Kaepernick's first pre-game protest. Kaepernick has been out of the NFL since the 2016 season, when he began kneeling through the national anthem before games to protest police brutality against people of color and racial inequality.
When asked Wednesday if he would kneel or stand, Jay-Z said:"I think we've moved past kneeling and I think it's time to go into actionable items." "Today marks the three year anniversary of the first time I protested systemic oppression," he said Wednesday."I continue to work and stand with the people in our fight for liberation, despite those who are trying to erase the movement! The movement has always lived with the people!
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