The South African National Cricket Team made a formal announcement regarding their position with the “Black Lives Matter Movement”. The Chief Executive Officer of Cricket South Africa informed the international community that this stand in solidarity with this movement. Considering that South Africa’s population is 80% black, this sentiment has been known for decades.
The CSAs press release suggested their organization was founded on Non-Racist Principles, creating an inclusive environment for all African descendants. Jacques Faul didn’t remark similar sentiments towards the Caucasian Community, which accounts for 8.6% of the South African population. Unlike the United States of America & their suffrage against black communities, the same levels of racism against Caucasians have been seen in South America.
Jacques Faul focused on the Black Lives Matter Movement, suggesting that Cricket South Africa has supported Black Champions for decades & are the ethos of this movement. His sentiments are borderline ignorant, with South African Cricketers not having to experience the level of racism seen against Black Americans. Their lives haven’t been dampened by systemic racism on all levels of society, creating opportunistic moments daily. They were incentivizing that their the ethos of the Black Lives Matter Movement shows a lack of knowledge regarding realities of this issue.
Cricket South Africa CEO promises no discrimination
The Cricket South Africa CEO promised local populations that they’ll work towards educating civilians on discrimination. Political analysts were quick to dispute these claims from Jacques Faul, suggesting that the Chief Executive Officer is trying to garner a sharp public image for the CSA amongst international communities. Actions of educating South African populations on Black discrimination is foolish, with their nation inherently maintained by the Black community at 80% of the population.
Jacques Faul finalized his statements to news outlets in South Africa by remarking that CSA Cricketers will assist with the “Nelson Mandela International Celebrations Day”. Coming on July 18th, they’ll use this day to spread the message of Anti-Racism in black communities. Considering that Nelson Mandela stood for this same movement in decades past, nobody backlashed against the Cricket South Africa CEO on this announcement.
