Oppressed in the US

To the Editor: 
I find the latest outrage from President Donald Trump is not standing for the national anthem.
This began with a quarterback (Colin Kaepernick), who is black, and was adopted and raised by a Caucasian couple. He began taking a knee while the anthem was being sung at the opening of a “game.”
Kaepernick suggested that he honors the flag and military members and means no disrespect, but must kneel in protest to oppression in the United States.
After, Kaepernick was not resigned and has found difficulty signing on to another NFL team.
All hell broke loose when the president expressed that those taking a knee should be fired. The obvious reaction by the NFL, the NFL Players Association, NFL owners and of course the total media analysis caused me surprise and pause. Their suggestion is that kneeling brings unity and support to the oppressed?
I went online and checked. Oppressed people are not allowed but should be allowed to be heard in their political and economic structure. The word oppression means persecuted, abuse, tyranny, suppression, brutality and so on.
The oppressed opinion is that they want more input to economics and labor. It appeared the article was more of a manifesto for socialism while it suggested that the workers have increased influence in management and economics.
I refused to watch the Eagles-Giants game expecting too much “analysis” made by all “game” players, attending fans, and broadcasters. My personal observation was on the later media broadcasts where a Pittsburgh Steelers player who “stood alone with his hand over his heart” was one of the very few who served three tours in Afghanistan as an Army Ranger and Bronze Star recipient. Where was his “team” or coach supporting the military service or him? Hiding in the locker room!
When the suggestion of “oppression narrative” is bantered by the professional sports figures who make a minimum of several hundred thousand dollars to multi-millions per year make up almost 75 percent of those active “players” are “oppressed” minorities. The oppressed in the U.S. are unlike the “oppressed” in Afghanistan, China, and many European, Asian and African countries.
Our oppressed are provided housing, energy assistance, passes for transportation, food stamps, cell phones, welfare, healthcare and social services, Social Security and disability insurance and of course education, which includes “set aside policies” that allows a minority to attend an Ivy League University over another student. Somehow, I perceive United States oppression would be welcome in every other country. Coincidentally there are U.S. minorities serving in Afghanistan making $20,000 a year!
The NFL/NBA are entertainment venues, not paid political demonstrations. Attendees/viewers care less of a player’s needless opinion, only his services that they are being handsomely paid for. 
What is particularly offensive is the fact that the police are accused of particular attacks on minorities, when there are very few facts substantiating those accusations. My raised fist alpha response is to put that fist somewhere else.
Coincidentally, Kaepernick began his “protest” in 2016. Obama was our president, Loretta Lynch was the U.S. Attorney General, and her predecessor was Eric Holder, all are black, during this oppression cycle?