Daren Sammy speaks on importance of educating people about racism.
Former West Indies skipper Daren Sammy is in news for quite a while now for his stand against racism. Ever since the unfortunate incident happened in the USA where a black man was killed by police, the world has united to end racism.
Sammy has now spoken against the fairness creams. He was surprised to know India has a cream called 'Fair and Lovely'.
"Your ad, Fair & Lovely says lovely people are the fairer people. That’s what it stands for, it hints at colorism,” Sammy was quoted as saying by Outlook in an interview.
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The ex-Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder had raised his voice against racism among the cricketers. Sammy was called 'Kalu' by his teammates at IPL. He later received an apology from his mates.
Sammy wants to educate people on this matter. Speaking in a chat with TedEx Hyderabad, he said, “It is a broad topic. Obviously, the killing of George Floyd in the USA has started a movement for equality and against racial injustice, systemic racism. People are having difficult conversations from which they would shy away from.”
“In all this, I learned things and words that could be deemed as degrading because of one’s skin color. So I am using my platform to raise issues.”
“When you talk of racism, colorism like what I spoke about in 2013-14 when I was playing, it’s about education. Educating the public that certain words that could be offensive should not be used,” said the former Sunrisers Hyderabad player, who recently accused his teammates of using racial remarks.
“I spoke about one of the biggest campaigns that are going on in India about the product Fair & Lovely, where you indirectly say to people you are lovely when you are fairer.”
“I have got feedback that it is a part of the culture but just because it is the culture it is not right. People need to appreciate everyone and a lot of education has to go into that.”