The Elephant in the room...

[LCFCbwoi]

50 minutes ago, TrickyTrev Benjamin said:

What would your view been had it been a Israel flag ? I’m sorry but this isn’t what Leicester city are about. If you seen the amount of vile abuse the Jewish community had been getting this weekend then you would think again. Its made more for a awkward situation then anything. 

That abuse has been condemned though. Palestinians have been oppressed for years so I don’t believe their is anything wrong with standing with the oppressed, likewise why the players kneel for the anti-racism message and the reason why the club will work with and raise money for LGBTQ causes

[Fightforever]

Even if you don't like the movement don't be embarrassing and boo it.

 

Theres a reason over half the city is BAME and yet you never see any of them come to Leicester games.

Edited 17 May 2021 by Fightforever

[Glorious Leicester Fan]

5 minutes ago, Hammo said:

I agree with your second paragraph, but I'm sorry, the first one is simplistic in the extreme and does not serve you well at all.

 
So it not a protest against racism, what is BLM actually about?

[Captain...]

4 minutes ago, foxile5 said:

The movement, the gesture, stems from America, Colin Kapernick was the beginning of 'taking a knee' which he did through the American anthem. 

 

Whilst his intentions were that of Anti Racism it was certainly a gesture intended to comment at the political landscape of America. His wasn't a gesture to 'raise awareness' of racism. It was an intentional stand (no pun intended) against the identity of America. 

I think that Kapernick would disagree, he very much did it to raise awareness and highlight the way black people were/are treated in America. Trump made it political.

[foxile5]

Just now, Captain... said:

I think that Kapernick would disagree, he very much did it to raise awareness and highlight the way black people were/are treated in America. Trump made it political.

Perhaps. But there's certainly a political edge which people with racist sympathies, and not myself I must point out, will be eager to exploit. 

[LVFox]

At the end of the day, the players of Leicester City are choosing to take the knee. And in supporting those players, everyone should accept that regardless of political/societal beliefs.

 

That doesn't mean you agree with it, that by just shutting up for the 5 seconds it happens you are fully complicit in highlighting those beliefs, it just means you are supporting the players.

If you don't want to do that, don't attend matches while taking the knee is happening. Simple.

 

Booing will only negatively affect some players, and only embarrass and divide a club that is rightfully being highlighted as a beacon of team ethic & solidarity within the game. 

[King of Gipsy Lane]

1 hour ago, dmayne7 said:

Why? I don't agree with people booing but it's not necessarily booing of an anti racism message for some but actually the political affiliation of BLM. No place for racism but what you're saying is that people should be banned for freedom of speech so how is that ok? You've got whole clubs and black players refusing to acknowledge that so why should it be punishable?

I believe Booing is in effect being racist, for me they are not booing against BLM, the people kneeling aren’t doing that just to support BLM, they are protesting at the horrid treatment of Black people in the world, but the Boo’rs unconscious bias won’t allow them to compute that. If you don’t agree stay silent and respect the right of people to protest. 

 

 

[SemperEadem]

You are a straight up wrong’un if you booed.

[Guest worth_the_wait]

Leicester City win the FA Cup.

 

Hey, i know, let's start (yet) another BLM thread.  Yay!

[Sharpe's Fox]

If you were to think that racism is upholded by state structures then the obvious solutions to that are political. Lesson for everyone in the thread: anti-racism is always political. Bad things don't just happen because bad people do them; the instigation is structural within society. 

[UpTheLeagueFox]

5 minutes ago, Fightforever said:

Even if you don't like the movement don't be embarrassing and boo it.

100% this.