Colin Kaepernick accuses his white adoptive parents of 'perpetuating racism' trends now
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Colin Kaepernick has accused his white adoptive parents of 'perpetuating racism' by telling him as a teen that corn rows looked unprofessional, and says he had to experience 'very problematic things' while growing up in their house.
Kaepernick was adopted as an infant by Rick and Teresa Kaepernick, a white couple from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. They moved to Turlock, California when he was four.
They had two biological children but lost two sons to congenital heart defects.
Kaepernick - a former NFL player who led the charge with the take-a-knee movement - says that while he knew they 'loved him', there were 'very problematic things' that he 'went through'.
Speaking to CBS to promote his new graphic comic memoir, Kaepernick gave the example of his mother telling him corn rows were not professional
Kaepernick's parents, Rick and Teresa, adopted him when he was five weeks old. They already had two biological children but had lost two sons to congenital heart defects
Speaking to CBS to promote his new graphic comic memoir, Kaepernick gave the example
