Quote Originally Posted by redscot View Post
Maybe its just a coincidence that the gesture is the exact same as the BLM movements and that the BLM slogan is plastered all over Sky Sports , apart from that it has nothing to do with BLM?

Taking a knee, what a joke.
Actually, it isn't.
It started when Colin Kaperneck protested two police shootings of black men in the US by remaining seated during the national anthem.

This caused a bit of a stooshie.
Kapernick then amended the protest to "taking a knee" (I believe after talking with some military veterans) which is an American sports thing when the coach is addressing his players.

Anyway, this upset a bunch of American racists, primarily Trump and a lot of Texas.

I believe there is a movement founded on the back of the phrase "Black lives matter" I confess I don't know much about the movement, but the phrase itself was coined following many instances of white cops shooting unarmed black dudes and not being held accountable, which is a bit sh1t.
On the back of George Floyd's murder the phrase came into common parlance again.

Like I say, don't know much about the BLM movement, it seems to annoy a lot of (Caucasian) folk, but I don't know why.

Personally, I think saying "Racism is bad" is a good thing.
Whether the "knee" thing has been overblown, no idea.
But if folk want to protest against racism then I'm happy to wait five seconds while they do.