Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha has decided to no longer take the knee ahead of football matches and instead will stand tall in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
According to the BBC, Zaha has said players “should stand tall”, as he believes that taking the knee is “degrading”.
“It’s becoming something that we just do now, it feels like we are isolating ourselves from these things that are not working anyway.”
Zaha also said: “Why must I even wear Black Lives Matter on the back of my top to show you that we matter? This is all degrading stuff.”
“Growing up, my parents let me know I should be proud to be black. We should stand tall.
“With taking a knee, sometimes people forget we have to do it. It is becoming something we just do. That is not enough for me.”
Zaha isn’t the only person who thinks taking the knee isn’t helping as Championship side Brentford said their players would stop taking a knee before games because they felt the symbol had lost it’s power and no longer had the required impact.