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For years, the football players girlfriend has defended him against the NFL.
The six episodes explore Kaepernicks formative years navigating race, class and culture while aspiring for greatness.
In 2016, theNFL star began peacefully protesting police brutalityand systemic racism bykneeling during the national anthem.
There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.
King also made the racist and Islamophobic claim that Diab was sympathetic to ISIS.
Around the same time, Kaepernick reportedly denounced rumors started by right-wing conspiracy theorists thathe converted to Islam.
Kaepernick also addressed accusations that Nessa influenced his activism, which conservatives saw as anti-American.
The impact is just conversations that we constantly have, he said.
This is an open discussion that I have with many people, not just my woman.
She is Muslim, her family is Muslim, I have great respect for them.
I have great respect for peoples right to believe what they want to believe.
And I dont think anybody should be prosecuted for judged based on what their beliefs are.
We were going to exit the deal to sign him, Lewis told ShowtimesInside the NFLthat September.
In the film, Samuel L. Jackson plays a loyal slave and Leonardo DiCaprio is the plantation owner.
And it never happened because that picture comes up the next day, Lewis said.
But in October 2017, Diab slammed the reports as false.
The reports that Colin will stand for the anthem are completely false!she tweeted.
He has never discussed this with anyone.
Im very fortunate that I have Colin next to me.
I look forward to what we will accomplish in the future together!
I Love You, Queen!
In November, they attendedthe premiere ofA Wrinkle in Timetogether.
In June, he shared a photo to his feed ofDiab wearing a football jerseythat said #IMWITHKAP.
But by the end of the year, the NFL drama caught up with them again.
Colin trains every day, she reportedly said.
All the teams know.
But theyd rather keep blackballing him.
In December, she called the league out again on Instagram.
I really dont like yall,she wrotealongside a photo of her and Kaepernick holding hands.
If it wasnt for @kaepernick7 I probably would have slapped the out of all you clowns.
But Im a better person now.
She also included a middle-finger emoji and tagged the NFL.
MET GALA 2019, the quarterback wrotealongside a photo from the star-studded event.
We pay homage to our ancestors with our looks inspired by Ghana and Egypt.
Thank you to Anna Wintour & @voguemagazine for having us.
A few months later, Diab made headlines again forcriticizing Jay-Zs business deal with the NFL.
The rappers company Roc Nation was reportedly teaming up with the league on events and social justice activism.
2020
Diab continued to fight for her mans career well into 2020.
Any team that actually wants to win should sign Colin,she wrote.
Colin did NOT retire, she tweeted alongside a screenshot of Kaepernicks page.
You cowards blackballed him bc he peacefully protested against police brutality.
Hes a Superbowl QB & should be playing bc his stats show that.
Kaepernick has been posting frequently about the upcoming series and his girlfriend has been doing the same.
!she wrote on Instagramearlier this month alongside the shows official trailer and several heart emojis.
Colin in Black & Whitepremieres on Netflix on Friday, Oct. 29.
