Re: Brentford to stop taking a knee
The trouble is racism is not exclusive to black people, so taking the knee is too inclusive. There has to be a way to eradicate all racism.
Re: Brentford to stop taking a knee
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Cleve van Leef
The trouble is racism is not exclusive to black people, so taking the knee is too inclusive. There has to be a way to eradicate all racism.
True but recent events George Floyd etc highlighted, once again, the fight black people have to fight every day.
It's a hard one and I've not got the answers, all I'll do is continue to fight against racism in all forms as vocally as I can.
Re: Brentford to stop taking a knee
Great decision well, done the brave Bees , when you consider they in particular have developed and have a lot of good young black players .
Think it all as to end , before crowds return .
Iwonder if the 6 nation Rugby players divided response provide a catalyst to change ?
Re: Brentford to stop taking a knee
The problem with this gesture, is that after a while, it became the norm, an everyday thing, and so it lost some (if not all) of it's effect. Bringing it in October, for Black History Month (and coinciding with the Black Lives Matter protests) was a good move, and it certainly raised awareness of the issue, but dragging it on and on for months has devalued it, and reduced it almost to a chore.
When you think that Brentford have a high percentage of black players, you'd think that they would have been the one of the last clubs to drop the gesture, but the fact they're the first suggests their own players maybe question it's value.
Re: Brentford to stop taking a knee
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Taunton Blue Genie
The way it's happened, kneeling is seen as BLM.
Making the point about equality and moving on:
Before kick-off, each team to stand shoulder to shoulder with their teammates to show it doesn't(shouldn't) matter.
Form a circle with alternating members of each team to to show it doesn't (shouldn't) matter.
all post-covid of course
Re: Brentford to stop taking a knee
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life on mars
Great decision well, done the brave Bees , when you consider they in particular have developed and have a lot of good young black players .
Think it all as to end , before crowds return .
Iwonder if the 6 nation Rugby players divided response provide a catalyst to change ?
In response to each of your sentences:
Why?
Why?
And, finally, why?
Re: Brentford to stop taking a knee
I think if clubs and players feel at individual clubs that they are no longer going to take the knee then that's fine . However if a player of whatever colour wants to take the knee before a game from now until eternity I thinks that's up to him . I wouldn't boo a player taking the knee .
I agree with it in principle but understand why people who are clearly not racists do not agree with it or did but now feel it has made its mark .
Re: Brentford to stop taking a knee
I think its probably lost it's meaning now and it will eventually become an empty gesture, if it isn't already.
I've seen plenty of "Black Lives Matter....so (you're saying) white lives don't!?" etc over social media, so the BLM movement is just giving racist idiots something identifiable to attack.
What I have never been able to fathom in a racism within football context is that a black player from an opposing team is racially abused, but the black players on your own team aren't? The fact that there isn't any consistency in racism demonstrates how ridiculous it is.
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B. Oddie
I think its probably lost it's meaning now and it will eventually become an empty gesture, if it isn't already.
I've seen plenty of "Black Lives Matter....so (you're saying) white lives don't!?" etc over social media, so the BLM movement is just giving racist idiots something identifiable to attack.
What I have never been able to fathom in a racism within football context is that a black player from an opposing team is racially abused, but the black players on your own team aren't? The fact that there isn't any consistency in racism demonstrates how ridiculous it is.
We were playing Stoke at home several years back , Stoke forward was time wasting some cretin from the bob bank shouts out you black see you next Tuesday, he gets plenty of stick from fellow fans
But our side that day had several black players
What would they have made of that nonsense
These people are a combination of thick , ignorant and sly
Re: Brentford to stop taking a knee
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Mr Soul '68
Is this a good or a bad thing? Will other clubs follow on from this?
Your views please gents. Let's have a good old fashioned debate without slagging any other posters political views off....
Brentford will no longer take a knee before games because they feel the gesture against discrimination no longer has the required impact.
Sunday's game against Barnsley will be the first in which they have not taken part in the pre-match kneel.
In a statement, the Championship side's squad said racism was "the opposite of what we stand for".
"There is a clear need to continue to push for an end to all discrimination," the statement added.
"We believe we can use our time and energies to promote racial equality in other ways."
They also reiterated support for the club's #BeeTogether inclusivity drive, and would continue to support clubs who did wish to take a knee at games.
West London neighbours Queens Park Rangers had already stopped taking the knee as the club felt the effect was "diluted", although they did join Millwall in doing so in a fixture after players had been booed in the Lions' previous match.
Middlesbrough stopped doing so for similar reasons as captain Britt Assombalonga said change was now required after the initial success of the gesture, while Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha said the knee gesture was "degrading" in a recent newspaper interview.
The taking a knee gesture was inspired by NFL player Colin Kaepernick, who decided on the silent protest against racial oppression by kneeling during the national anthem.
"Taking a knee is just one way our players have been showing their commitment," Brentford chief executive Jon Varney said.
"We supported their desire to do it and we now support their desire to focus on other ways to show this commitment. We have been very clear in our ambition to be the most inclusive club in the country and our players want to and will play a big part on this journey."
Players should be allowed to decide if they do it or not without the idiots accusing them of being racist if they decide against it.