It is against this backdrop - and many other well-documented disgraces - that England is facing up to its shame over taking the knee. Our international footballers are being booed by their own fans who don’t want them to even highlight racial injustice in this country ahead of matches, let alone protest against it. Premier League stars kneeling have been booed for weeks ahead of their final few games of the season. With the eyes of the world on us, the booing of a gesture with a long history of quiet, dignified objection to racial injustice will provide an uncomfortable truth for those outraged at the idea that Britain still has a race problem. What is not in doubt is that the country will have a mirror held up to it over the next three weeks.

Source: Daily Mirror June 07, 2021 19:06 UTC