Quote Originally Posted by Whisperer View Post
I hear you Sludge, what I would say is that the issues that are going on in the US of A are so so different to what goes on here, not to long ago in their history there was ugly scenes with lynch mobs, whereby there were strange fruit hanging in the trees, we have not experienced that sort of thing in our life time here in the UK. On the politics and football side of things can you imagine if the Irish were taking the knee for solidarity for the IRA, IMHO it's best to keep it all out of Football.
I think its going to slowly drift , whether thats right or wrong I dont know , has it brought out opinions yes , will the protests stop a police officer treating a person badly because they are black , impossible as whilst racism in the police and in wider society is more of an issue and people are more aware , racism will always exist