Holder demands for more action around anti-racism in cricket
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Former West Indies captain Jason Holder has urged sports to do more to combat racism, almost a year after the West Indies became one of the first two international cricket teams to take a knee in solidarity of Black Lives Matter.
Holder, speaking to ESPNcricinfo ahead of the West Indies' series against South Africa, said he wanted the taking of a knee to regain meaning through more awareness and a better sense of community.
"I had a few discussions about it and I feel as though some people feel it's now a watered-down action taken before the games. I would like to see some new initiative to spark the movement again," Holder said.
"I don't want people to just think we're taking the knee because Black Lives Matter, that's the tradition and that's the norm. It has to have some substance, it has to have some meaning behind it."
Although the West Indies are expected to take a knee at the start of each of the two Tests against South Africa, as they have done in every series they have played since the England trip last year, Holder indicated that they may add to the activism through other ways.
"Maybe, that's something we can do as a group. Maybe, a video collage and a video message, just to reiterate what the movement stands for and what it's all about," he said.
