{"id":589799,"date":"2021-07-13T12:05:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T16:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589799"},"modified":"2021-07-13T12:06:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T16:06:02","slug":"opinion-rejecting-take-a-knee-doesnt-make-you-responsible-for-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-rejecting-take-a-knee-doesnt-make-you-responsible-for-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: Rejecting \u2018Take A Knee\u2019 Doesn\u2019t Make You Responsible For Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fopinion-rejecting-take-a-knee-doesnt-make-you-responsible-for-racism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589799&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233952448-e1626189945985.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Following the England soccer team\u2019s penalty shootout loss to Italy in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday, the three black players who missed their penalty kicks were reportedly subjected to disgusting racial abuse online, including monkey emojis, slurs, and taunts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following a goalless period of extra time, England and Italy were tied 1-1. During the penalty shootout, Manchester United\u2019s Marcus Rashford, Borussia Dortmund\u2019s Jadon Sancho, and Arsenal\u2019s Bukaya Saka missed their penalty kicks for England, with Italy emerging victorious as a result. Rashford hit the post with his penalty kick, while Sancho and Saka had their attempts saved by Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The racial abuse hurled at these players was \u2014 correctly \u2014 rejected by footballing organizations and public figures in England. The country\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FAspokesperson\/status\/1414388159769714690\"><span>Football Association<\/span><\/a><span> strongly condemned \u201call forms of discrimination,\u201d saying they were \u201cappalled by the online racism.\u201d Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1414465103374729220\">said<\/a> that \u201cThis England team deserve to be lauded as heroes, not racially abused on social media,\u201d and that \u201cThose responsible for this appalling abuse should be ashamed of themselves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, the reaction of one England player to a statement by another politician \u2014 Priti Patel \u2014 raised an important point regarding the difference between opposing instances of racism and the unquestioning rejection of so-called \u201csystemic racism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Twitter, Priti Patel \u2014 the United Kingdom\u2019s Home Secretary \u2014 said that she was \u201cdisgusted that England players who have given so much for our country this summer have been subject to vile racist abuse on social media.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt has no place in our country,\u201d she added, \u201cand I back the police to hold those responsible accountable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tyrone Mings, a member of England\u2019s squad for the competition, rejected Patel\u2019s condemnation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou don\u2019t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labeling our anti-racism message as \u2018Gesture Politics\u2019 &amp; then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we\u2019re campaigning against, happens,\u201d he tweeted in response.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6344827586207\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You don\u2019t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as \u2018Gesture Politics\u2019 &amp; then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we\u2019re campaigning against, happens. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fdTKHsxTB2\">https:\/\/t.co\/fdTKHsxTB2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyrone Mings (@OfficialTM_3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialTM_3\/status\/1414655312074784785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Mings was referring to Patel\u2019s description of the English team\u2019s decision to \u201ctake the knee\u201d prior to every game as \u201cgesture politics,\u201d and her refusal to criticize fans who booed the team for doing so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In other words, Mings is arguing that Patel is responsible for instances of racism because she held an opposing view regarding the England team\u2019s choice of \u201canti-racism\u201d protest.<\/p>\n<p><span>What we must realize here is that two things can be true at once. First, you can be critical of broad signals of adherence to an ideology with arguable links to \u201cfighting racism.\u201d Second, you can be critical of individual instances of racism. These two positions are mutually exclusive, and it\u2019s both lazy and dangerous to argue otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTaking the knee\u201d has vast implications. For some, it\u2019s a simple expression of \u201cracism is bad.\u201d For others, it\u2019s a symbol demonstrative of a left-wing ideology that aims to destroy unrelated elements of western culture, while making the argument that racism is systemic in nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Patel \u2014 who is of Ugandan and Indian heritage \u2014 should not be forced from the platform of debate when it comes to systemic racism because she \u2014 like so many others \u2014 disagrees with the \u201ctake the knee\u201d action or narrative. Moreover, one\u2019s position on \u201ctaking the knee\u201d should in no way imply that you endorse racism, or are responsible for any instances of racism that followed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you disagree with the broader argument that \u201ctaking the knee\u201d is nothing but a statement that \u201cracism is bad,\u201d that doesn\u2019t make you pro-racism. Mings is stunningly ignorant for claiming otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i>&nbsp;@ighaworth<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>&nbsp;member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the England soccer team\u2019s penalty shootout loss to Italy in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday, the three black players who missed their penalty kicks were reportedly subjected to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314562,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233952448-e1626189945985.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"OPINION: Rejecting \u2018Take A Knee\u2019 Doesn\u2019t Make You Responsible For Racism","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233952448-e1626189945985.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"OPINION: Rejecting \u2018Take A Knee\u2019 Doesn\u2019t Make You Responsible For Racism","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}