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Former South Africa batsman Hashim Amla on Wednesday came out in support of the movement of ‘Black Lives Matter’ against racism. Amla also showed his gratitude towards pacer Lungi Ngidi for taking a stand for the right cause.
The cool-headed Proteas batsman said that some people are really delusional about believing one race is superior to another.
“The imagined superiority of whites over blacks or blacks over whites, or one nationality over another, is simply delusional. Yes, that’s right, nothing but delusional,” said Hashim Amla.
“However many of us, including myself, have borne the brunt of these delusions and have crazy stories to tell which is why it makes it even more admirable to see exceptional youngsters like @lungingidi doing his bit to represent us all. Thank you brother and all those who stand up for just causes in their own way – publicly and privately,” Amla wrote on his official Instagram.
After 31 former and current domestic and international Proteas players signed a letter in support of Lungi Ngidi and the Black Lives Matter movement including Makhaya Ntini, Vernon Philander, JP Duminy, and Herschelle Gibbs, Amla posted his support towards the movement.
The leading sports portal ESPNCricinfo reported that the letter was also signed by five current coaches including Justin Ontong, national team fielding coach.
The report also urged Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the white cricketers to show their support towards the movement and it’s also a collective effort aimed at showing solidarity with the anti-racism campaigns worldwide.
“We commend Lungi Ngidi for supporting #BlackLivesMatter and we would like to add our support for it too,” the letter by the former and current Proteas cricketers stated.
“We note the criticism aimed at Lungi for expressing his views — and we hope that CSA, together with fellow cricketers both present and past will come out strongly in support of #BLM,” it said.
Earlier, the young paceman Lungi Ngidi had urged the CSA to show their solidarity for the movement Black Lives Matter and this came under criticism from former players like Pat Symcox, Boeta Dippenaar, Rudi Steyn and Brian McMillan.
“We note too that the most outspoken criticism directed at Ngidi has come via former players such as Pat Symcox, Boeta Dippenaar, Rudi Steyn, Brian McMillan, and others. We urge that their views be challenged. We are not surprised at their comments,” players showing support towards Lungi Ngidi said in their letter.
“Given South Africa’s well-known past, black cricketers have borne the brunt of subtle and overt racist behaviour for many years, including from some colleagues. Consequently, there is a need to understand how white privilege feeds into the perpetuation of these old attitudes and assumptions,” it added.
The Black Lives Matter movement gained momentum after the death of an African-American black man named George Floyd, who was brutally murder at Minneapolis, United States of America (USA), after a police officer, later identified as Derek Chauvin, pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck in a viral video.
To show their solidarity against racism players from both England and West Indies kneeled down during their first Test at Southampton.
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