Who Are Colin Kaepernick's Parents? Colin Sues Adoptive Parents For $21 Million In Reparations

Publish date: 2024-05-22

Colin Kaepernick or Colin Rand Kaepernick (Born: 3 November 1987; Age: 35 years) is an American civil rights activist. He is also a football quarterback who is a free agent. Colin played 6 seasons for the San Francisco 49ers (a professional American football team) in the National Football League (NFL).

The Football superstar Colin Rand Kaepernick has declared that he will be suing his white adoptive parents for the barbaric act of adopting him into a white family without his consent.

BREAKING: Right wing Twitter users are attacking Colin Kaepernick as “an ungrateful POS.”

Why? Because he claimed that his white, adoptive parents ‘perpetuated racism’ and that his upbringing was ‘very problematic’.

So let me get this straight. A bunch of ignorant white… https://t.co/R9hlZ2gisO pic.twitter.com/oI2YnqqmJE

— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) March 10, 2023

Who Are Colin Kaepernick’s Parents?

Colin Kaepernick was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America to 19-year-old Heidi Russo (Mother), who is a white American. His birth father is a black American (of Ghanaian, Ivorian, and Nigerian ancestry), whose identity is not known, and who was separated from Colin’s birth mother Heidi Russo before he was born.

Heidi Russo placed Colin Kaepernick up for adoption and at 5 weeks old Colin was placed with a white couple named Rick Kaepernick and Teresa Kaepernick.

Teresa Kaepernick and Rick Kaepernick are the adoptive parents of Colin Kaepernick. They both had 2 biological children: son Kyle Kaepernick and daughter Devon Kaepernick. The couple decided to adopt a boy after losing 2 other sons to heart defects.

Colin Kaepernick played college football for the Nevada Wolf Pack football program, where he was named the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Offensive Player of the Year twice and also became the only player in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision history to amass 10,000 passing yards and 4,000 rushing yards in a career.

Colin Kaepernick Sues Adoptive Parents For $21 Million In Restitution

Colin Rand Kaepernick has declared that he will be suing his white adoptive parents for the barbaric act of adopting him into a white family without his consent.

Colin’s legal team declared that he is seeking $21 million in reparations from the couple. They demand Rick and Teresa pay the restitution they owe him as white oppressors.

Colin Kaepernick’s parents Rick Kaepernick and Teresa Kaepernick have yet to comment.

During an interview, Colin, who is biracial and identifies as Black, said he experienced pushback from his adoptive parents Teresa and Rick. He also said that he knows his Adoptive white Parents ‘Loved’ Him, but still struggled to Embrace His Blackness.

Colin Kaepernick Sues Adoptive Parents For $21 Million In Reparations

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Frequently Asked Questions About Colin Kaepernick’s Parents

Q.1 Who is Colin Kaepernick?

Ans. Colin Kaepernick or Colin Rand Kaepernick is an American civil rights activist. He is also a football quarterback who is a free agent.

Q.2 Who is Colin Kaepernick’s Parents?

Ans. Colin Kaepernick was adopted by a white couple named Rick Kaepernick and Teresa Kaepernick.

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