Chris Long Comments on Colin Kaepernick and National Anthem Protests

New England Patriots defensive lineman Chris Long stated Tuesday he supports the public stance of Colin Kaepernick and other members of the NFL community who have decided to protest the national anthem to take a stand against racial injustice.

Kevin Duffy of MassLive passed along the expansive comments Long made about the situation during an appearance on ESPN Radio’s Russillo and Kanell. He believes perspective, both in terms of race and country, is crucial to understanding what those players are fighting for:

This is a wonderful country, and I think everybody agrees on that. But there are things that in our country that can improve, and I don’t think that by acknowledging as a white male that America isn’t the same for me maybe as it is for everybody, the same great place, that we’re complicit in the problem or that we’re saying America isn’t a great place. If we’re saying there are incidents of oppression, systematically or individually in this country, I don’t think saying, “Well, in Country X, Y or Z it’s 10 times …

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