Supposedly the QPR players are going to hold a dressing room meeting today over whether any of the players should shake hands with John Terry at the beginning of the game over the 'alleged' racist comment made towards Anton Ferdinand in the same tie last season. Some QPR players like Bobby Zamora who is mixed raced himself don't have any problems shaking Terry's hand saying, ' I'll shake John Terry's hand- he's still a pal', however Ferdinand doesn't wish to shake Terry or Ashley Cole's hand who was in support of Terry at the trail this year where Terry was cleared of racially abusing Ferdinand.
For me there is no place for racism in society however I think that there is to much emphasis being put on this 'handshake' between the two players as the media just want something to talk about. To me this shouldn't even be news. I think that Anton Ferdinand should shake his hand whether John Terry made the comment or not as it would show that regardless of what any body with racist intent says or does it doesn't have any effect on you and won't go on to define you as a person. If you think about it if John Terry did actually say what has been alleged then it would have been to throw Anton Ferdinand off his game and get at him mentally and by him not shaking his hand a whole year later this would show it worked. He should just shake his hand and do his best to help his team get a victory this weekend, 'God forbid' and prove his point this way.
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