Former England batsman Micheal Carberry has revealed that he faced racism plenty of times in his county career. He is the latest sportsmen that have alleged that he had to face racial abuse throughout his career. After the death of George Floyd in the United States the ‘Black lives Matter’ movement has taken over the world.
Recently cricketers such as Chris Gayle and Darren Sammy also revealed about racism that exists in Cricket. Carberry has joined the list and stated that he was ignored in many teams in County cricket in England even after being the best batsman in the side. The former batsmen represented England in 6 Tests and ODIs in his short international career.
I have experienced racism from coaches: Micheal Carberry
“Put it this way, I don’t think my skin colour helped me in any way. I’ve experienced racist comments from coaches, I’ve been ignored in teams even when I was comfortably the best batsman across the country in terms of the national averages”.
“The racism was horrific and it was and still is prevalent because when you walk in there as a black man and most of the time it was me alone it starts with little racial comments and jokes you have to put up with”, Carberry was quoted saying by Daily Mail.
He added, “I’ve had a county coach say to me, ‘Where are the brothers going tonight for a bit of rice, fried chicken and peas?’ I just looked at him and said, ‘Let me have a word with you on the balcony, please”.
“I said to him, I don’t know how much time you’ve spent in the company of black people by that comment, not very much. But let me tell you something: I’m worldlier than you are. I know what you think you know about black people, that we all eat fried chicken. I eat fish, steak, I even eat ostrich, You name it, I’ve tried it”.
Racism has always existed even in cricket and it was time that people have started raising their voice against it. The black people are always taunted and treated differently which is depressing. It is about time that such people finally get their sense back and stop targeting anyone on the basis of their colour.
