The seven drivers that chose not to take a knee at Silverstone yesterday should, in a non-confrontational way be asked to explain themselves better.
Taking part in a ‘we race as one’ video, wearing the politically correct T shirt and then not taking the knee, whether they like it or not sends out a stronger message than simply taking the knee in the first place.
Saying they are concerned about how the gesture would be perceived in their respective countries is simply not good enough – people are intelligent enough to understand that taking a knee at an F1 race in a demonstration of solidarity against racism is just that and not relevant to anything else in that instance.
A driver surely wouldn’t want to accidentally give the impression that a negative reaction to taking the knee in their native country would indicate that their countryfolk are fundamentally dumb racists, would they? link
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