Kaepernick Protests Oppression Then Wears Castro Shirt

Tone deaf.

8.31.2016

Nothing says, “I know nothing about actual oppression,” like proudly wearing a Fidel Castro T-shirt just days after you sat out the national anthem in protest of the oppression of blacks in America. But that’s exactly what San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick did during a press conference.

Twitter noticed:

The shirt states, “Like Minds Think Alike,” and features Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Malcolm X together. This gaveIJ Review an idea: find someone who lived under Castro and get to the bottom of what true oppression looks like. Enter Sergio J. Sixto, a former prisoner of Castro who now lives in America.

Sixto told IJ Review he lost 50 pounds while in captivity and used a small opening at the bottom of his cell door to find a scant supply of oxygen. Rightfully, Sixto took issue with Kaepernick’s complaints:

“If that guy had a dictator like the Castro’s for 57 years in power in his country, he would know what it’s like to really be oppressed. Especially for black people. Black people are the most repressed in the country. The prisons are filled with them mostly.

“There are more than 100,000 people in Cuba that died in Cuba because of the Castros. There are 3 million people in exile from the country. If he would know what it’s like living in Cuba, he would know what it’s like to be an oppressed black man.

“In Cuba they are the poorest of the poor. So poor, in fact, that they don’t have the chance to leave the country when possible, which is why so many throw themselves to the sea in a makeshift raft risking death.

“If he would have been a sports star in Cuba like he is here, he’d still be oppressed and wouldn’t have enough money to have a decent house for himself and his family.

“He’d be exploited by the dictators as a show puppet for the world and would be driven to escape like many sports stars have done whenever they get the chance.

“If he had said anything bad to say about the government or the Castros in protest of real discrimination and oppression, he might have found himself in prison like I did for trying to speak my mind and bring about change. And he would have been treated even worse.”

So, tell us again, Mr. Rich Sports Star, how oppressive it is living in America?