“One thing that Fidel Castro did do is they have the highest literacy rate because they invest more in their education system than they do in their prison system,” Kaepernick told a reporter, according to Sports Illustrated. “Which we do not do here, even though we’re fully capable of doing that.”
The aforementioned T-shirt of Castro and Malcolm X read, "Like Minds Think Alike." Kaepernick sure knows how to stir things up, but the negative press doesn't seem to negatively affect his merchandise sales. Even after his controversial protests, Kaepernick jerseys still topped NFL jersey sales.
Hannah Abrams is the senior content editor for Promo Marketing. In her free time, she enjoys coming up with excuses to avoid exercise, visiting her hometown in Los Angeles and rallying for Leonardo DiCaprio to win his first second Academy Award.