Thread: South Africa ... team directive to take the knee

Ant, I assume you meant that comment genuinely for discussion.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

It's funny when white people declare that racism isn't an issue.

You are mixed race, right Ant? Part Maori?

Have you met many genuine racists in your life?

Where I grew up, I never knew one or heard people say racist things.

Anyways, black lives matters doesn't really say that there are a lot of racists in America — they say there is institutionalized racism.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Dave - fair point.

But differences in black opinions just aren’t the same as a white SA cricket player refusing to take the knee while his black teammates do.

Hope you can see that.

He lives in SA, where he is part of the white minority. You want to make that decision for him, but you are not qualified to do so.

Please stop pontificating and dressing it up as worthy virtue signaling. It isn’t.

Originally Posted by Switch

Please stop pontificating and dressing it up as worthy virtue signaling. It isn’t.

But he is virtue signalling . . . so that's a start.