By Jacquelyn D. Heath

Colin Kaepernick

Since the tragic murder of George Floyd at the hand (make that knee) of a Minneapolis police officer, people in the United States have been on a sojourn of soul searching to get on the right side of the future as far as race relations are concerned.

One of the most overt acknowledgments of “finally getting it right” on racism was made recently by the National Football League (NFL) and its commissioner, Roger Goodell.

However, the name of Milwaukee-area native Colin Kaepernick came to my attention in 2017.

That was when the then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback had the audacity to kneel during the pre-game national anthem to quietly draw attention to the existence of racism in our country.

All the marching and posters and words in the name of “getting finally woke” on the topics of racism and bigotry are just so many wasted words and shoe leather until the real, full, unvarnished truth is faced for what it really is.