when you hear about what is, happened the repeated questioning by this woman, doubting that she could not really just have a heritage like some of the uk, or england, but wanted to know, that can t be true. we ve seen this before, i know you and i have talked about this in the past, this feels like déjà vu, but the persistence of it. what do you think? well, it s something that many of us people of the color in uk, that was commonplace 25 or 30 years ago. i think i m mistake has been being lulled into a false sense of security that those days are over. i was some two and a half million people of color, who see themselves as british, and you only have to look at our soccer teams for instance and the stars like marcus rashford, nobody asks him where he s really from when he scores a winning goal.
you think? well, it s something that many of us people of color in the uk were it was commonplace 25 or 30 years ago and i think our mistake has been being lulled into a false sense of security that those days were over. i mean there are some 2.5 million people of color who see themselves as british. you only have to look at our soccer teams, for instance, and the stars are like marcus retchford, no one asks him where he s really from when he scores a winning goal. it s still a hangover from those days and we have to remember i mean when we talk about institutional racism, we have to understand that the royal family, elements of the crown, that camilla may or may not wear on her head are from countries that in the past britain robbed and enslaved their people. there still is that. for people who say that s in their past. i mean my mother s maiden name
football, rugby union, and in the summer there is cricket. so, it is a pretty crowded sports landscape. but football, or soccer, does have a very substantial following here. there is a leak that has had its ups and downs, but has produced a lot of good players. league. the people who do follow it a passionate, but it isn t one of the top two or three sports in the country, but that separated from the socceroos. in fact, the women s and men s soccer teams have a huge following. the socceroos in particular, when world cups, round it is a national event, and lots of people keep track of those games. you can tell from these pictures that federation square had thousands of people are today watching every minute and hanging on for dear life as that game came to an end with an australian win. the socceroos were the first world cup team to openly criticise the qatari government. they released that powerful video before the world
soccer broad. they re definitely under threat, the players are doing. anyways. you know, this is in stark contrast on here. for numerous european soccer teams, they love armband on the shoulders. they re lgbtq people in qatar and worldwide. you can end up in prison for seven years. it is a governing body for soccer, threatened armband. they back down. striking from the road they took. two of the controversies, i was on weekend. they had to expect choosing
spoken out for the families of the paris. and i ve said that he supports them, and officer sympathies. also, the all-time leading scorer had an invitation to attend the tournament guitar. but he turned down and said it was in solidarity with the protesters. and so or see what the iran s main soccer team. is there showing the power and possibility of sport when courageous athletes are willing to stand up, take a risk, and user pedestals for justice. what kind of consequence could they face back home for doing this? you re right raise it. it is incredibly scary. many of these players play soccer abroad. but they still have families and around, so they re definitely under threat. the players know full well what they are doing. and yet they stood up for justice anyways. this is in stark contrast to something else that we might keep an eye on. and that is the captains for numerous european soccer teams. who are planning on wearing a one love armband on their