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Daddy Issues We have enabled a culture of patricide.
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In a recent appearance on CBS Mornings, Colin Kaepernickโwho traded in a brief career as an NFL quarterback for what is, in the America of 2023, a still-more-lucrative opportunity to become a high-profile professional malcontentโwas interviewed about the contents of his new graphic novel memoir. In it, and in the interview as well, he accused his adoptive parents, who are white, of racism. Their crime? Trying to protect him from himself and make sure he looked presentable.
When he, as a kid, is trying to emulate...