My parents told me from the time I can remember that, 'Yeah, you're adopted. But this is your family.' I can remember my mom, she tells me this story: when I was little, I was looking at her, and I was like, 'Why isn't my skin the same color as yours?' She was like, 'Oh, you're adopted, but I wish I had pretty brown skin like you.'

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Colin Kaepernick was a contemporary American football player. Colin Rand Kaepernick is an American civil rights activist and former professional football quarterback. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Family — The ties of kinship, parenting, and unconditional love
  • Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it

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