The football season is kicking off. Let’s back the players who’ve decided to take the knee.Hi John,

This weekend, Premier League players across the country will be kicking off
their season. Before they do so, they’ll take the knee. This powerful message of
antiracism is so important because of the presence of racist hate in our game
and in our society. The players are saying that they don’t want it – for
themselves or their teammates, or for anyone in our country.

Let’s back the players taking the knee and show that we want a game that is
welcoming to everyone.



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[[link removed]]This morning, our friends at the Daily Mirror published new polling we
commissioned. A massive majority of people think that racism in football has got
worse in the last few years. Depressingly, they’re probably right. But here’s
the hope: big, big numbers get why the players are taking the knee, and a
majority back them in doing so. And two-thirds say they back players taking
stances on social issues like racism or poverty.

At this weekend’s Community Shield game between Leicester and Man City, a few
idiots booed the players taking the knee. But they were soon drowned out by fans
who cheered and applauded the gesture.

That’s what we want to do on social media this week. We know there are idiots
who claim taking the knee is Marxist or divisive. We know there are some cynical
politicians who want to whip that sort of sentiment up. But there’s more of us
than there are of them so let’s make some noise and use social media to say we
back the players.

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Thanks for reading, and here’s to a great season for Palace,

Matthew

PS - to coincide with the season starting, we’re publishing a new magazine – the Heroes of the Terraces . It’s a huge 100+ page publication all about the role football fans have
played in the antifascist and anti-racism struggle. It goes on sale at the end
of the week but you can get a FREE copy by becoming a member of HOPE not hate
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