The Millwall miscreants that call themselves fans made headlines over the weekend for booing the players who kneeled before kickoff ahead of the club's match against Derby County.
Their racist demonstration against the Black Lives Matter movement was a frustrating event that overshadowed the return of fans to English football grounds.
The display did not go unnoticed to players around the league.
This time around, the Millwall fans did not boo. Home fans at the Den applauded when players from both sides stood shoulder-to-shoulder and held a banner that read: "Inequality — united for change." While the banner was a nice touch, that didn't prevent QPR players from sending an even more powerful message during the match.
After Rangers attacker Elias Chair scored a quite brilliant goal to open the scoring in the 53rd minute, Chair and teammate Bright Osayi-Samuel knelt down and raised their fists as a response against the racist hatred shown by the Millwall fans on Saturday.
QPR players celebrate their goal against Millwall tonight by taking the knee and raising a fist at The Den. pic.twitter.com/wWPWaw9aMa
— Greg Johnson (@gregianjohnson) December 8, 2020
After the match, Osayi-Samuel posted this message on Twitter:
United for change pic.twitter.com/blbBwAthUm
— Bright Osayi-Samuel (@Bright_097) December 8, 2020
While Chair posted a similar response on Instagram:
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Regardless of your political views: If you are against the BLM movement then you are against racial equality. Racial equality is not a political position; it is a human right. The fight for racial justice will never be over until we all believe this and carry it out in our lives.
