Ebony Rainford-Brent: Former British cricketer shares racist letter she received
The 37-year-old, who became the first black woman to play for England’s cricket team in 2001, shared an image of the letter on Twitter Wednesday, in a week as issues of racism The race of this sport is exposed.
Rainford-Brent captioned his tweet: “Interesting… Born in south London but apparently I was found naked in Africa as a primitive man. There are several letters from his time. me but this one is up there!”
The letter contained several racist and sexist sarcasm and repeatedly referred to “Caucasian Culture”.
In a summary of a report produced by an independent panel to the YCCC, the panel concluded that there was “no doubt” that Rafiq “was a victim of racial harassment.”
Rainford-Brent represented her country 29 times until 2010 before moving into sports broadcasting.
In 2020, she teamed up with cricket legend Michael Holding to produce a powerful short film addressing the issue of racism in both cricket and society in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd.
“Everybody is a melting pot, and I noticed that as soon as I entered the cricket world, the comments started.
“I commented on where I grew up, and the fact that I have a long name, maybe my mom doesn’t know who my dad is; about my hair, my body parts, especially my shoes. sports, what shall we say; about the food I ate and it stinked.
“I asked myself why I stayed for so long. I love the game, it has a lot to offer, but it can get really tough with that day in and day out.”
