In September 2019, just as Prince William and his wife were already jeggings-deep in their plan to marginalize and exile the Duchess of Sussex, William gave a little interview. He’s the president of the Football Association, because he’s just a normal bloke who loves football and he loves attending football matches and having it count as work. He also loves saying “mental health in football” once every few months so that people will know that William is a mental health advocate. Well, what was interesting about William’s public comments in September 2019 was the fact that these lines passed his thin, pale, neo-colonialist lips:

“People are now talking a little bit about mental health issues but I imagine talking about racism is still quite a difficult subject, especially when it’s happening in such a public fashion with Premier League matches or [in the] Champions League. We’ve got to do something about it. I’m fed up with it. I’m so bored of it.”

At the time, I was extremely focused on the “I’m so bored of it” ABOUT RACISM that I probably didn’t devote enough time to the fact that William thinks public acts of racism against football players are “quite a difficult subject” to talk about. Anyway, this is William’s history: he’s on the record saying that he’s bored of racism… in football alone. Shockingly, that was not enough to end racism. In football. The racism is still happening, perpetrated by all of those racist dumbf–ks William and Kate regularly placate and appeal to. And…now that Prince Harry is carving out “hate speech online” as one of his central issues, here’s William to remind everyone that he also cares about racism and hate speech! He’s SUPER BORED with it.

Racist abuse – whether on the pitch, in the stands, or on social media – is despicable and it must stop now. (1/3)

— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) January 31, 2021

I commend all those players, supporters, clubs and organisations who continue to call out and condemn this abuse in the strongest terms. – W (3/3)

— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) January 31, 2021

The comments on these tweets were a whole mess because people decided to throw his Keen About Racism act back into his face and remind him of just how much he sucks for what he did to Meghan, or what he didn’t do (defend her). And honestly, the “William actively participated in the racist abuse hurled at Meghan” aspect is only one part of why this Keen White Savior act is falling flat. There were “nice” comments on these tweets too, thanking William for being the only person to ever talk about racism in football, which is insane. Anyway did William fix it yet? Surely all he has to do is announce that racism in football has to stop and that’s it? Why does he have to continue to be so utterly bored with it?

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