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We want people to know that we are very proud of our son and admire his strength and courage in kneeling for the rights of others. For whatever reason, there are some who want to view this as an anti-military protest or an un-American stance. These views could not be further from the truth, but we know that people will believe what they wish to believe.

The recent remarks attacks by Admiral Harris supported by the Pentagon are over the top, and we feel the desire to make a public statement in support of our son. On Wednesday, Adm. Harry B. Harris, who heads the U. Pacific Command, made indirect comments against Kaepernick while addressing a crowd to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Rick and Teresa Kaepernick, who are white, adopted Colin when he was only 5 weeks old. The couple had lost two sons at birth to congenital heart failure and were not eligible to adopt a white baby from a private adoption agency.

Rick and Teresa Kaepernick are the parents of former football star turned activist Colin Kaepernick.

Then came along a tiny biracial baby boy who had recently been given away by his year-old white mother. Four years later, the family Rick and Teresa also have two other children moved from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, to Turlock, California, with the daunting task of raising a biracial boy in an all-white household in America.

From the beginning, the Kaepernicks reaffirmed to their youngest son that his different skin color was perfectly OK, and they never tried to make him white. They even drove him an hour out of town to get him cornrows when he was a teenager.

Rick Kaepernick is Colin’s adoptive father.

Or black, either. While he has been criticized by members of the military like Harris, fellow NFL players and president-elect Donald Trump, Kaepernick also has received praise from high school and college athletes, a handful of WNBA teams, President Barack Obama, and a hashtag-full of other vets. Despite the negative press over the past four months, the Kaepernick family firmly stands behind Colin.