https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55168557
The photo shows Derby County player Colin Kazim-Richards raising his first as players on his team take the knee at a match against Millwall on Saturday. Players wanted to show respect to the Black Lives Matters campaign before the match.
When players took the knee, some of the Millwall fans in the crowd started to boo.
The incident made national news and thousand of people expressed anger at the lack of respect shown by some football fans.
Derby boss Wayne Rooney said is was, "disappointing and upsetting to hear booing from supporters." He said he was pleased with how his team dealt with the incident, "They've had to put that to the back of their minds for the 90 minutes but I'm sure it's something they were thinking about."
The Environment secretary George Eustace responded to the booing by saying people's views should be respected; "if people choose to reflect their view in a particular way that should always be respected."
However, Derby centre forward Colin Kazim Richards said the incident was "an absolute disgrace."
"This is why I stand and stand proud and I have to say every single person involved with @dcfofficial did too made me proud to wear this shirt today"
The FA said, "We applaud the players for taking a stand and defying the hate shown today."
what do you see in the photo?
where is it taken?
what is happening?
explain the story
- what is taking the knee about? why are people choosing to do it?
- why is Colin Kazim Richards remaining standing with his fist in the air?
- what do you notice about the three players in the photo taking the knee?
- black and white players choosing to show support for Black Lives Matter together - what does this show about football players today and respect for diversity?
- why did some fans in the crowd boo? (because some people still don't understand about diversity and difference; they weren't lucky enough to go to a school like ours where we talk about being different and show respect for each other. Some people think we should all be the same - same skin, same religion, same kind of person. It's the opposite to us - we know it's great to be different and we like it that way. We are not frightened about diversity and equality)
- how do you think the players felt when they heard the boos?
- what do you think of the different reactions; "disappointed"; "saddened"; "a disgrace;" was it "disappointing"? Is that word strong enough? Which reaction do you think is most applicable here?
- one person said we should respect the views of the people booing. What the arguments for and against that view?
- The boss of the team said he was pleased with how his team dealt with it - putting it to the back of their minds and playing on. What do you think about that advice? Are the players being asked to ignore racism and carry on? Should we ignore racist behaviour when we see it?
- What can we do about this today? How do we stop this happening in the future? (we stop this by making sure everyone knows in our school we respect diversity and we welcome difference. If we hear a racist comment, or a homophobic comment or any comment that is discriminatory, we challenge it)
- what do we say at our school about racism?
- why is this about no outsiders?
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