Taking the knee: one year on
One year ago today England played West Indies at Southampton in the first international cricket match post the March 2020 lockdown.
Both sides took the knee at the start of play:
One year on England are playing Pakistan in a 50 over international at Cardiff. England players wore anti-discrimination shirts before the start of the play but the practice of taking the knee has been stopped.
I think that is a concern.
England football players despite criticism from racists and some Tory politicians continue to take the knee.
Of course it does and solves nothing in itself but it is a very visible reminder that there are issues of discrimination and equality in sport that need to be addressed and on a consistent basis.
That hasn’t stopped a year on and evidence on real change seems very limited.
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