Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is donating $100,000 to the Know Your Rights Camp COVID-19 Relief Fund.
Kaepernick announced his plans on social media on Thursday, encouraging others to join the"mission to help address the disproportionate affect the pandemic is having on our communities."
In an accompanying Twitter video, Kaepernick said he believes African-Americans are increasingly at risk with the virus due to systemic racism. "Black and brown communities are being disproportionately devastated by COVID-19 because of hundreds of years of structural racism," Kaepernick said in the video."That's why we've established the Know Your Rights Camp COVID-19 Fund to help address these issues."
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