Britain women's soccer team will take a knee at Olympics (racism, retired)

[Suburban_Guy]

And so it begins...

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/britain...081645378.html

The British women’s soccer team will take a knee before kickoff at the Tokyo Olympics.

The players have been performing the anti-racism stance with their separate teams over the last year and the IOC relaxed its rules this month to allow Olympic athletes to make such gestures of protest in the field of play at the Tokyo Games.

“It is the people that don’t have a voice that we are standing up for,” said Britain defender Demi Stokes, who has spoken previously about being racially abused. “We know we have a big part to play. It’s important we use our platforms to help in any way we can.

[TMSRetired]

So who is being "racially abused" ?

[ChrisC]

To whom is she submitting? The Queen?

[rjshae]

Good for them.

[saltine]

Who doesnt have a voice besides children?

[MJJersey]

Meh, they’ll all be replaced by trans women by the next olympics.

[BELMO45]

I’m pretty sure there aren’t even black people in England or they make up like 0.5% of the population

[Winterbeard]

Originally Posted by TMSRetired

So who is being "racially abused" ?

I'm guessing you missed the fallout of the England soccer team losing in the final of the European Championships to Italy? Three England players, who happened to be black missed penalties and were subject to a torrent of racial abuse. One of the players in that squad even called out the UK government minister who derided taking the knee as "gesture politics".

[Winterbeard]

Originally Posted by BELMO45

I’m pretty sure there aren’t even black people in England or they make up like 0.5% of the population

You've got to be kidding me?

[ChrisC]

Originally Posted by BELMO45

I’m pretty sure there aren’t even black people in England or they make up like 0.5% of the population

The Internet is your friend (kind of). Percent black population in UK: 3.3%