Young Athletes of Color Are Leaders on the Field. Does America Recognize Them Leading Elsewhere?

Local sports teams can serve as a training ground for young leaders. Kaepernick, and others who have knelt, are not merely using their platform for a political message — they are trying to tell us something about who they are and what they’ve gone through to get there.

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