The Hugemanities Project Big Contest
Taking a Knee: Colin Kaepernick and the Response to Protesting Police Brutality
Submission Date
4-26-2024
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
Contest Category
Digital Storytelling
College or School
University of New Hampshire
Course Name
Digital Shaming
Course Number
CMN 772
Course Instructor
Prof. Nora Draper
Project Description
This website was created as a capstone project for CMN 772, Digital Shaming (Seminar in Media Theory), in the fall of 2023. The digital essay covers the protests that former NFL player Colin Kaepernick engaged in, in order to show his support for the Black Lives Matter movement, and his stance against police brutality. Amid pushback from the public and the media, Kaepernick continued his protest, and was shamed in a variety of ways. Companies who partnered with him and friends who protested with him were also shamed, as shown in the essay.
Recommended Citation
Bell, Grace, "Taking a Knee: Colin Kaepernick and the Response to Protesting Police Brutality" (2024). The Hugemanities Project Big Contest. 19.
https://scholars.unh.edu/hugemanities/19