Re “49ers quarterback under fire for sitting during national anthem,” Sept. 1-3 edition:

According to the History channel, only the American flag itself is legal and Constitutional. You can’t put the picture of the flag on cups, shirts, decals, clothes, etc.

Are people aware of all the verses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” written by Francis Scott Key, a slave owner?

Colin Kaepernick is not breaking the law. Everyone else is by putting the flag on items!

We must be aware the leftovers from slavery will always be with us. Look at my name — George Washington Jr. I am one of the descendants of President George Washington’s non-union, underpaid workers from New Kent to King William counties.

One rumor has is that George Washington’s grandmother or great-grandmother was black. That’s probably why he freed his slaves after his death.

Slavery’s mental brainwashing is still alive and well. More black men are in jail than the total number of prisoners in nine countries. The multiple-birth mothers and single parents are a farm system for the penal system. They were made to have multiple children to have more slaves working. Now, the women are having multiple children on their own.

We were taught by white people during slavery to reject our own.

Now 79 percent of black children are taught by non-black teachers. From Maryland to Louisiana, 60 percent of black children are attending non- HBCUs. Black men don’t want to marry black women.

As slaves, black people had white preachers. Slaves were baptized and made to accept Christianity.

That’s my take on it.

GEORGE WASHINGTON JR.

Aylett