Israel Folau berated for not kneeling at game
Monday, August 3, 2020 - 15:38
Israel Folau has become the target of social media backlash for being the only player not to participate in a pre-kickoff ‘kneel down’ (to show solidarity with “Black Lives Matter”) in round three of the Super League tournament yesterday 2 August, where Folau’s team the Catalan Dragons suffered a heavy defeat to the St Helen Saints 34 – 6. The kneel down ritual was organized by Super League players to show solidarity with “Black Lives Matter” – a controversial activist movement in the United States that protests police brutality and racial profiling against African Americans. Public opinion is mixed over the movement with critics accusing it of promoting riots.
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Good on,you Folau, Don't jump
Good on,you Folau, Don't jump on that bandwagon. All this ( rioters Not protesters) jumped on that bandwagon. They all destroy building and they kill more black people while they are at it. We are both colour and all life matter, I am and you are strive to do well in our life. We don't need anyone to tell us what we should do. OUR LIFE Matter.