Dominic Raab criticised for comments on BLM protesters taking the knee

Foreign secretary said symbolic act ‘seems to be taken from Game of Thrones’

Dominic Raab has prompted criticism and scorn after saying he views the symbolic Black Lives Matter action of taking the knee as “a symbol of subjugation and subordination”, and that it originated from the TV show Game of Thrones.

In a sometimes eyebrow-raising exchange during a radio interview, the foreign secretary appeared not to know that the stance was popularised by US athletes, notably the American football player Colin Kaepernick, as a protest against racism and police brutality.

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