‘Sport has the power to change the world’, says Cricket West Indies on racism
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‘Sport has the power to change the world’, says Cricket West Indies on racism

New Delhi: Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Tuesday (June 2, 2020) launched an official assertion on equality and got here in solidarity with the tens of millions world wide within the battle in opposition to racism.

CWI in its assertion on equality stated that “Sport has the power to change the world,” and that CWI is horrified as they witnessed the remedy and consequent loss of life of an unarmed black man, George Floyd.

“We join our cricketers, other cricket stakeholders, all sportsmen, sportswomen, and sports administrators, in speaking out against all forms of racism and inequality,” stated CWI.

They added, “The people of the West Indies have fought many battles of our own, on and off the field. We have been blessed to witness the prowess, determination and leaders of our cricketing heroes who united the Caribbean and brought great success and pride to our people.”

The assertion comes amid the on-going protests on this planet, primarily within the USA for ‘Black Lives Matter’. The protests began after an African-American man George Floyd died after having a knee pressed into his neck by a police officer in Minneapolis.

CWI stated, “Our cricketing heroes helped in large measure to pave the way for cricket and our West Indian societies to thrive at home, and generated great enjoyment and dignity for the West Indian diaspora abroad while they faced their own experiences of inequality and injustice in their adopted homes.” 

They added, “We subsequently assist all sporting icons and function fashions who’re in the present day main the way in which in peacefully protesting and standing in opposition to the scourge of racism and injustice.”

CWI believes that with sportsmen and ladies standing collectively, ‘sport has the power to change’ the world, it has the facility to encourage and unite individuals in a manner that little else can.

Cricket West Indies additionally up to date their profile image on social media the place they’ve chosen the black and white filter.

Earlier yesterday (June 2), Former West Indies captain Daren Sammy urged International Cricket Council (ICC) and different cricketing boards to ‘not to be silent now’ and stated that he ‘wants to hear them out’ on the social injustice taking place to individuals like him.

He took to his official Twitter account and confirmed his ‘frustration’ in a sequence of tweets.

Sammy stated, “Right now if the cricket world not standing against the injustice against people of color after seeing that last video of that foot down the next of my brother you are also part of the problem.”

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