I agree with our manager. I’m pleased he called it out.

It’s simple. Taking the knee is anti-racist.

If you boo it you are being racist.

Learn about why it matters. Or get out. x https://twitter.com/CambridgeUtdFC/status/1338971504600551425
Some things to read - from v different papers - on why it matters, and the history. If you disagree with me but can’t be bothered to read 3/4 articles, then you can unfollow

X https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9027695/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Taking-knee-never-felt-vital-gesture-booed-Millwall.html
MARTIN SAMUEL: Taking the knee has never felt more vital

CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Thanks to the reaction at Millwall, taking the knee is more alive today than ever. It was not the intention of those booing, but nobody can claim it is just a gesture now.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9027695/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Taking-knee-never-felt-vital-gesture-booed-Millwall.html
‘The truth is that the knee protests were conceived and instigated not by BLM, nor by the football authorities, nor would-be cultural engineers among “woke media elites”, but by the football players themselves’. https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/ken-early-taking-the-knee-is-not-just-an-empty-gesture-it-never-was-1.4429248
Ken Early: Taking the knee is not just an empty gesture – it never was

Booing Millwall fans remind everybody what the knee protests are actually all about

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/ken-early-taking-the-knee-is-not-just-an-empty-gesture-it-never-was-1.4429248
“taking the knee - much like refusing to give up a seat on a bus – is a political act. But it’s an act that any fair-minded individual should support and empathise with” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/10/stopping-players-taking-the-knee-millwall-racists-victory
By stopping players taking the knee, Millwall have handed racists a victory

Those who booed the race equality protest should not be pandered to, especially since the club have such a history of bigotry, says author Emy Onuora

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/10/stopping-players-taking-the-knee-millwall-racists-victory
Bit of history on taking the knee https://globalnews.ca/news/3769534/martin-luther-king-jr-take-a-knee-history/
Martin Luther King Jr. took a knee in 1965. Here’s a history of the powerful pose.

A powerful photo of the civil rights leader has reemerged amidst the NFL #TakeAKnee controversy.

https://globalnews.ca/news/3769534/martin-luther-king-jr-take-a-knee-history/
Interesting to get tweets overnight wondering whether I’d call this out as I did about Millwall.

This is categorically not about who you support. It’s so much more important than that. This is about kicking racism out of football. And society.

#kickitout #BlackLivesMatter
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