Michael Holding
Autor von Why We Kneel How We Rise
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Michael Holding was born in Jamaica in 1954 and became one of the most admired cricketers in the modern game. He is now a highly respected pundit for Sky Sports.
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This book is partly Mikey’s personal story of how he grew from shrugging it off – “These people are sick. I’ll soon be on a plane out of here” – to gradually learning more about Black history and pride, institutional racism and its wide impact, and then with the BLM movement being motivated to speak out. It also carries discussions with other sports stars about their struggles, achievements and activism, including Usain Bolt, another Jamaican; Naomi Osaka, tennis player who walked into the US Open wearing covid masks bearing the names of African-Americans killed by police; and many others who contacted him in response to his video comments.
Mikey is a great believer in education, and hopes that if the truth of Black history is taught to everybody then trust and respect will flower where now there is ignorance and hatred. I’m not so sanguine, but hopefully this book will make a start in that discourse.… (mehr)