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I agree with your comments about opposing views - the knee takers versus Zaha and Lyle Taylor; but to a certain extent it keeps the matter on the agenda. Booing the action (the subject of the thread) seems a bit vacuous to me.....

I am not sure 'taking the knee' is focused exclusively on racism at football matches, but for the record I witnessed some extreme racist chanting when I went to see Albion at Turf Moor in April 2018. It was all directed specifically at Bong but it was quite disgraceful and there was a lot of it....

I am not sure what your guesswork or booing achieves... maybe you can explain. What does 'on my tissue....' mean? Also what has 'taking the knee' got to do with 'lessons' to the poor working class?

I don't think it is a simple dichotomy. There are millionaires supporting the gesture and there are poor people; while it continues, it obviously keeps the matter in the public eye and enables suggestions (like yours) to be aired. In my opinion booing it is just a crass response, but of course...

I think knee taking (or similar gesture of concern and solidarity) will have run its course when there is objective, measurable evidence of improvements in race relations.