Former West Indies skipper Darren Sammy has released a video, accusing the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) camp of racism. Last week, Sammy went furious after getting to know about the meaning of the word “Kalu”, which he was called during his Indian Premier League (IPL) stint with SRH. The T20 World Cup-winning Windies skipper had said that he along with Sri Lanka player Thisara Perera were sometimes called that word when they played for SunRisers Hyderabad.
However, Sammy did not accuse a particular person, but now the player has released a video, saying he will message all those who called him that word.
Ina video on his Instagram account, Sammy elaborated, “I have played all over the world and I have been loved by many people, I have embraced all dressing rooms where I have played, so I was listening to Hasan Minhaj as to how some of the people in his culture describe black people.”
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He further added, “This does not apply to all people, so after I found out a meaning of a certain word, I had said I was angry on finding out the meaning and it was degrading, instantly I remembered when I played for SunRisers Hyderabad, I was being called exactly the same word which is degrading to us black people.”
Sammy said that at the time when he was being called with the word, he didn’t know the meaning, and his team-mates used to laugh every time after calling him by that name.
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Darren Sammy elaborated, “I will be messaging those people, you guys know who you are, every time I was called with that word, there was laughter at that moment, I thought teammates are laughing so it must be something funny. Now, I realize it was degrading, I will be texting you guys and I will ask you as to when you called me with that name, did you all mean it in any bad way or form? Let’s have a conversation, if it was in a bad way then I would be really disappointed.”
