Cricket West Indies Stand United With Windies Cricketers, Sportspersons In Speaking Out Against All Forms Racism

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

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New Delhi: West Indies cricket board has come out in support of its cricketers and joined them in condemning racism and social injustice after an African-American citizen was brutally murdered to death by a US Cop, sparking off unprecented and wide scale protests all over the United States. The Caribbean people have fought many battles "on and off the field" against discrimination faced by people of colour, said Cricket West Indies in a statement. "We join our cricketers, other cricket stakeholders, all sportsmen, sportswomen, and sports administrators, in speaking out against all forms of racism and inequality," CWI said in a statement. Demonstrations of tectonic magnitude erupted in the United States after George Floyd died gasping for breath as a white policeman in Minneapolis pressed his knee into the hand-cuffed man's neck. Iconic global sportsperson from Tiger Woods to West Indies cricket greats Chris Gayle and Darren Sammy have voiced their anger, dismay and protestagainst the racism faced by people of colour throughout the world. The CWI said people from the island nations have fought their battles to retain their dignity and identity over decades and returned victorious.