Brentford to stop taking the Knee

Brentford have a number of black and minority ethnic players. I’d be very surprised if they had taken this decision without consulting them first.

 

Why do you think taking a knee for 5 seconds before a football game is bad?

I'll be interested to see which 'other ways' Brentford will do to promote the No Room For Racism Campaign - if it's the same as Millwall (I.e. fck all) then it's disappointing.

 

Good, time this nonsense was over

I must be racist too

 

Why does it irk you that players take the knee?

 

Who is this hate mob you speak of?

 

I'd not seen this before I posted. I agree, a really odd choice of language from @red24/7

 

I think like clapping for the nhs it’s run it’s course. They were a mark of respect & solidarity but if they go on too long it becomes just a habit & loses its meaning

Hardly irks me as you suggest

 

Calling it nonsense is probably why you might give the impression it irks you.

 

Watch the other teams players doing it still in most cases.

 

Then why does it make it a ‘nonsense’ if players wish to continue? It’s 10- 15 seconds at the start of a game to highlight an injustice it certainly hasn’t lost its ‘ meaning’ to them

 

I work with a black lad, should I take the knee every morning before we start work to show him solidarity?

 

Yes if you work in an industry watched by millions of people across the world.

 

Would you join him if he did?

 

So you take it out of context to try and prove your point. Professional sportsmen showing their support to about Racism making as high a profile as you can get in this Country and beyond.

 

Out of interest, why do people have to be offended to think something is racist and point it out? Whenever there's a thread like this some variation on 'offended on behalf of others' is posted. You don't have to be offended to see something and point it out. Sexism doesn't offend me but I think it's wrong. Homophobia doesn't offend me but I think it's wrong. Why should my or somebody elses perception of racism not be considered in the same way. I'm not making any judgement on you or your views, but I think your use of 'who can be most offended' misses the point of picking up people on their use of language.

 

I agree completely that it is time for it to go. It has just become a meaningless routine. Before people take offence on behalf of black people, it is worth while reading Wilfred Zaha's view on it.

https://mol.im/a/9256639

 

You could not have timed that post better/worse if you tried. Read the one posted a few seconds before yours

 

The fact that it's still being talked about, to me shows it's not a meaningless gesture.

The fact that some clubs are stopping doing it, seemingly giving it a shelf life, shows that to some clubs, it is just a PR stunt.

I hope we still take the knee. I think that sends a more powerful message than if every club was still doing it week after week.

I understand why some believe it's time we stopped doing it, but I'm yet to hear anyone say what the next step is. You can't solve inequality by ignoring it.

To quote my favourite band at the minute:

Not a single thing has ever been mended

By you standing there and saying you're offended

 

genuinely chuckled