The English men's soccer team took a knee before the start of the European Championships on Friday to call attention to racial injustice, drawing boos from fans.
on Tuesday urging the country to reflect on the issue.
Author and soccer writer Henry Winter applauded Southgate's missive as patriotic and progressive, but said racism in the sport was not new and had been a blight on the game for decades."This is a fairly empowered generation of players ... They've got quite a conscience," he said."They've just decided enough is enough."support taking a knee, with backing highest in Portugal, Italy and Spain. It found just over half of soccer fans in England supported the gesture.
Mann said he was worried that serious conversations about racism were being"hijacked" and subject to"dangerous manipulation," by those who benefit from social divisions. He called on the government to explicitly amplify the"For me, the interventions from the government have been massively unhelpful to say the least," he added.
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