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'Taking the knee' is not a Black Lives Matter invention and certainly not a “frivolous gesture”
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and teammate 49ers free safety Eric Reid (35) kneel during the playing of the national anthem before a NFL game against the Los Angeles Rams at Levi's Stadium in 2016.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and teammate 49ers free safety Eric Reid (35) kneel during the playing of the national anthem before a NFL game against the Los Angeles Rams at Levi's Stadium in 2016.

Robert Sullivan says that Ireland is not the place to ‘take the knee’ —
No place for BLM gestures here
(Irish Examiner, Letters, June 11). He calls it a “frivolous gesture”. 

The knee gesture is not a Black Lives Matter invention. 

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