Cricket West Indies urges stakeholders to speak against racism

Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Tuesday (June 2), released an official statement and have come forward in unison, to fight the battle against racism. CWI in its statement on equality stated, "Sport has the power to change the world,".



The statement was made after a horrific death of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, in the United States of America.  The brutal killing of Floyd has again exposed the treatment meted out to Black people across the globe. Time and again they are victimised, abused and killed for no reason.



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



CWI also added that the they have fought many such battles against racism, and Caribbean nation will stand up to try to limit the atrocities which are caused due to it.



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"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."



'Black Lives Matter' protests have been on after Floyd, an African-American man passed away due to a knee being pressed onto his neck by a police officer in Minneapolis.

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"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," CWI said.



Darren Sammy former West Indies skipper has already urged International Cricket Council (ICC) and to other cricketing boards to stand up against the black people and not be silent now. He strongly believed a strict action should be taken.



"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."