Get ready: this weekend, the San Francisco 49ers are starting Colin Kaepernick at quarterback.

(Let’s get the easy jokes out of the way: He’ll take a knee on every play; he won’t be able to stand in the pocket; he won’t stand for any dropped passes by his receivers…)

This afternoon, Quinnipiac released the results of a new national survey about police, race relations, and professional athletes. The survey found 63 percent of white adults disapprove of professional athletes not standing during the National Anthem to protest police violence against the black community, while 30 percent approve; among black adults, 74 percent approve, 17 percent disapprove.

The survey found whites and blacks similarly deeply divided on some other aspects of the debate:

There is a similar racial split on police in general as whites approve 70 – 20 percent of the way “police in the U.S. are doing their job,” while black Americans disapprove 67 – 24 percent.
But blacks approve 68 – 25 percent of the way “police in your community are doing their job.” Whites approve 88 – 8 percent of their local police.
With 4-1 disapproval among blacks, all Americans disapprove by a narrow 50 – 46 percent of the “stop and frisk” police tactic. Whites approve by a slim 51 – 45 percent, while black adults disapprove 78 – 20 percent.

But not every topic revealed a racial divide: “There is very little racial divide as all Americans say 73 – 21 percent that police should not violate civil liberties to prevent crime. Black adults defend civil liberties 83 – 13 percent and whites defend civil liberties 71 – 23 percent.”

The survey asked respondents if they think the police in the United States are generally tougher on whites than on blacks, tougher on blacks than on whites, or do the police treat them both the same? Among whites, 42 percent thought the police were tougher on blacks; 47 percent thought police treated them the same. Among black poll respondents, 82 percent said they thought the police were tougher on blacks, and 11 percent said the same. Just 3 percent of blacks and whites thought the police were generally tougher on whites.