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What did Michael Holding say? 7 strong quotes on racism, white privilege, 'black lives matter' movement by the West Indies great that you must read

West Indies great Michael Holding  didn't hold back as he delivered a powerful message against racism on Wednesday, asserting that the black race has been dehumanised and its accomplishments wiped off from a history "written by people who do the harm." Holding, who will retire from commentary at the end of next year, talked about racism as cricket waited to restart amid the COVID-19 pandemic here with the first England-West Indies Test.
West Indies great Michael Holding didn't hold back as he delivered a powerful message against racism on Wednesday, asserting that the black race has been dehumanised and its accomplishments wiped off from a history 'written by people who do the harm.' Ho
West Indies great Michael Holding didn't hold back as he delivered a powerful message against racism on Wednesday, asserting that the black race has been dehumanised and its accomplishments wiped off from a history 'written by people who do the harm.' Ho
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RACISM EXISTS: 'What people need to understand, these things stem from history hundreds of years ago. The dehumanisation of the black race is where it started. And people will tell, 'oh that's a long time ago, get over it...' No! you don't get over things like that, society has not got ever something like that.'
RACISM EXISTS: 'What people need to understand, these things stem from history hundreds of years ago. The dehumanisation of the black race is where it started. And people will tell, 'oh that's a long time ago, get over it...' No! you don't get over things like that, society has not got ever something like that.'
EDUCATION: 'That lady in the Central Park in New York, if she didn't have it in her DNA the thought process that she was white and this man is black, 'if I call a police officer, nine times out of ten he is going to be white, I'm gonna be considered right immediately. The black guy will have to prove that he isn't guilty and by the time that he proves that he might be dead.' She had that in her mind, that is why she said and did what she did how do you get the society rid of that - by educating both sides - black and white. '
EDUCATION: 'That lady in the Central Park in New York, if she didn't have it in her DNA the thought process that she was white and this man is black, 'if I call a police officer, nine times out of ten he is going to be white, I'm gonna be considered right immediately. The black guy will have to prove that he isn't guilty and by the time that he proves that he might be dead.' She had that in her mind, that is why she said and did what she did how do you get the society rid of that - by educating both sides - black and white. '
BRAINWASHING: 'I hear people talking about brainwashing. I didn't quite understand as a young man what it meant. But now I know what it means. We've been brainwashed, not just black people, white people have been brainwashed in different ways.
BRAINWASHING: 'I hear people talking about brainwashing. I didn't quite understand as a young man what it meant. But now I know what it means. We've been brainwashed, not just black people, white people have been brainwashed in different ways.
STEREOTYPING: 'Think about religion. Look at the image they give you of Jesus Christ - pale skin, blonde hair, blue eyes. Where Jesus came from, who in that part of the world looks that way? That's brainwashing to show you this is perfection. If you look at the plays of those days. Judas, who betrayed Jesus, is a black man. Again brainwashing people to think, ‘oh he is a black man, he is the bad man’.'
STEREOTYPING: 'Think about religion. Look at the image they give you of Jesus Christ - pale skin, blonde hair, blue eyes. Where Jesus came from, who in that part of the world looks that way? That's brainwashing to show you this is perfection. If you look at the plays of those days. Judas, who betrayed Jesus, is a black man. Again brainwashing people to think, ‘oh he is a black man, he is the bad man’.'
HISTORY: 'Go through history, these lights that are shining on us, you can tell me who invented the light bulb. Everybody knows Thomas Edison. Edison invented the light bulb with a paper filament, it burned out in no time. Can you tell me who invented the filament that makes these lights shine throughout? Nobody knows because he was a black man and it was not taught in schools. Lewis Howard Latimer invented the carbon filament because of which lights continuously shine, who knows that?'
HISTORY: 'Go through history, these lights that are shining on us, you can tell me who invented the light bulb. Everybody knows Thomas Edison. Edison invented the light bulb with a paper filament, it burned out in no time. Can you tell me who invented the filament that makes these lights shine throughout? Nobody knows because he was a black man and it was not taught in schools. Lewis Howard Latimer invented the carbon filament because of which lights continuously shine, who knows that?'
PERCEPTION: “Everything should be taught. When I go back I remember my school days. I was never taught anything good about black people. And you can't have a society that is brought up like that, both whites and blacks, that only teach what is convenient to the teacher.”
PERCEPTION: “Everything should be taught. When I go back I remember my school days. I was never taught anything good about black people. And you can't have a society that is brought up like that, both whites and blacks, that only teach what is convenient to the teacher.”
WHITE MAN'S BURDEN!: 'History is always written by the conqueror, not by the conquered. History is written by people who do the harm, not by people who get harmed. We need to go back and teach both sides of history. Now, until we do that and educate the entire human race, this thing won't stop.'
WHITE MAN'S BURDEN!: 'History is always written by the conqueror, not by the conquered. History is written by people who do the harm, not by people who get harmed. We need to go back and teach both sides of history. Now, until we do that and educate the entire human race, this thing won't stop.'
WHITE PRIVILEGE: “They keep on telling me, there’s nothing called white privilege. Give me a break! I go see white people going into a store and without being followed, a black man walks in and somebody is following him everywhere he goes. That is basic white privilege. Whether that white person went in and robs the place, he is never going to be thought of that way and things like that have to change.”
WHITE PRIVILEGE: “They keep on telling me, there’s nothing called white privilege. Give me a break! I go see white people going into a store and without being followed, a black man walks in and somebody is following him everywhere he goes. That is basic white privilege. Whether that white person went in and robs the place, he is never going to be thought of that way and things like that have to change.”
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