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09-13-2016, 09:21 PM
Colin Kaepernick confuses 'South Park' characters in new Season 20 teaser
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Leave it to South Park to quickly sum up the collective confusion of America's social and political identity crisis. The latest teaser for Season 20 shows a chorus of characters singing a parody of the national anthem with lyrics about Colin Kaepernick and police brutality, only to waver and second-guess every bold statement they make.
SEE ALSO: Colin Kaepernick's protest is the latest from athletes in the era of Black Lives Matter (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/sports-protests-black-lives-matter/)
They start out praising Kaepernick, who made headlines this season by opting **t to stand for the American National Anthem because he believes it represents (http://mashable.com/2016/08/27/colin-kaepernick-footba/) "a country that oppresses black people and people of color." Kaepernick was speaking mainly of the escalating police violence that gave rise to Black Lives Matter, and it didn't improve matters that the "Star-Spangled Banner" has a little-k**wn third verse which speaks to strong anti-Black views (http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2016/07/star-spangled-bigotry-the-hidden-racist-history-of-the-national-anthem/) of its creator. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/south-park-colin-kaepernick-anthem/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Leave it to South Park to quickly sum up the collective confusion of America's social and political identity crisis. The latest teaser for Season 20 shows a chorus of characters singing a parody of the national anthem with lyrics about Colin Kaepernick and police brutality, only to waver and second-guess every bold statement they make.
SEE ALSO: Colin Kaepernick's protest is the latest from athletes in the era of Black Lives Matter (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/sports-protests-black-lives-matter/)
They start out praising Kaepernick, who made headlines this season by opting **t to stand for the American National Anthem because he believes it represents (http://mashable.com/2016/08/27/colin-kaepernick-footba/) "a country that oppresses black people and people of color." Kaepernick was speaking mainly of the escalating police violence that gave rise to Black Lives Matter, and it didn't improve matters that the "Star-Spangled Banner" has a little-k**wn third verse which speaks to strong anti-Black views (http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2016/07/star-spangled-bigotry-the-hidden-racist-history-of-the-national-anthem/) of its creator. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/south-park-colin-kaepernick-anthem/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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