'To all young black athletes...' Andre De6rasse BrunySurin Miah-Marie Langlois (MMLangloisX) among 47 black athletes and coaches to sign open-letter offering support and encouragement to the next generation RC_Sports Read the full letter here:
e are black athletes and coaches. Several of us are well known to the public, others less so. We have been working hard, training hard, and representing Canada around the world, some of us for more than a decade. In the face of the planetary awakening which has recently brought racism at the forefront of public consciousness, we have a message for you, black athletes in the making.
As for racist comments, don’t fool yourself, they are still ubiquitous. In the context of our career, these comments may come from opponents or from the audience. But when we leave the sports ground, we stand as citizens for whom the experience of manifestations of everyday racism, both covert and blatant, is a day-to-day reality.
Asher Hill, Amandine Pierre-Louis, Brian Ofori, Elladj Baldé, Georges Laraque, Hassoun Camara, Mathieu Joseph, Miah-Marie Langloisport has always been full of strong personalities who have embodied success in their own way and regardless of their skin colour, who have personified the will of making it to the top despite a flawed system and its inbred adversity.
This is where, as public figures, as role models, we have a role to play. We have to be there and to be vocal.
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