David West needs to be featured more

David West is one thoughtful individual.

From another article: "...West compared Kaepernick’s actions to someone being drowned with “the environment around you, and the waves and current getting stronger,” and once the person’s head is above water, “you hear people in the boat complaining about you splashing.”

“We’ve got to look at ourselves and ask whether folks are capable of treating other people like human beings,” West said. “That’s a fundamental question we have to ask before we get to the color of your skin. Do people have the capability to recognize humanity in other people? When you shoot somebody with their hands up, as a human, you should feel that. When you’re choking someone to death and you have your arm around their neck and they say, ‘I can’t breathe,’ you should be able to feel that s—.

“And if you can’t feel that s—, then I’m wondering if you have the capacity to recognize humanity. That’s what all of this is about. And until we’re ready to have a serious conversation like that, people are going to continue to fuss about somebody taking a knee…"

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