{"id":27214,"date":"2020-06-11T07:09:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T01:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/ex-west-indies-captain-says-faced-racism-during-india-ipl-stint\/"},"modified":"2020-06-11T07:09:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T01:39:44","slug":"ex-west-indies-captain-says-faced-racism-during-india-ipl-stint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=27214","title":{"rendered":"Ex-West Indies captain says faced racism during India IPL stint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Cricketer says his Hyderabad Sunrisers team-mates called him &#8216;kaalu&#8217;, but he did not know what the Hindi word meant.<\/em><\/strong><\/p> <p>Former West Indies cricket captain Darren Sammy has alleged he was a victim of a racist slur used by his Indian team-mates when he played for an Indian Premier League (IPL) team in 2013-14.<\/p> <p>In a video that Sammy, 36, posted on social media on Tuesday, he said his Hyderabad Sunrisers team-mates used to call him &#8220;kaalu&#8221;, Hindi slang for black, but he did not know what the word meant.<\/p> <p>Sammy said some unnamed Sunrisers team-mates would call him &#8220;kaalu&#8221; and he only became aware of its racial connotations after watching a TV show that discussed the issue.<\/p> <p>&#8220;I was listening to [Indian-American comedian] Hasan Minhaj talking about how some of the people in his culture view or describe black people,&#8221; Sammy said on Instagram.<\/p> <p class=\"has-text-align-center\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CBL-fuglF6o\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;ig_mid=383151B1-684B-4525-B783-C5C8072CD573<\/p> <p>&#8220;\u2026 I was angry after listening to him describing a word that they use to describe black people, which he was saying is not in a good way \u2026 and it was degrading,&#8221; he said.<\/p> <p>&#8220;Instantly, I remembered when I played for Sunrisers in 2013 and 2014, I was being called the exact same word he described that was degrading to us black people.&#8221;<\/p> <p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">recently I discovered a word that I was being called was not what it actually meant I need some answers. So before I start calling out names I need these individuals to reach out and please tell me there\u2019s another meaning to that word. I saw u as brothers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ouf7eh5Yu8\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ouf7eh5Yu8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Daren Sammy (@darensammy88) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darensammy88\/status\/1270184549478273025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p> <p>Sammy said he will be &#8220;messaging those people&#8221; to seek an apology from the Indian players.<\/p> <p>&#8220;Because if it was in any way, shape or form what Minhaj said it meant, I&#8217;m very disappointed and I&#8217;d still be angry and deserve an apology from you guys,&#8221; he said.<\/p> <p>Sammy said the word &#8220;kaalu&#8221; was also used to describe Sri Lankan team-mate Thisara Perera.<\/p> <p>&#8220;I assumed it meant something else that was uplifting. But every time I was called it, it was me and Thisara, there was always laughter in the moment,&#8221; he said.<\/p> <p>&#8220;But you could understand my frustration and my anger when it was pointed out to me that it wasn&#8217;t funny at all.&#8221;<\/p> <p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Racism is not restricted to the colour of the skin.Not allowing to buy a home in a society just because u have a different faith is a part of racism too&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/convenient?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#convenient<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/racism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#racism<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrfanPathan\/status\/1270307506955272194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p> <p>Sammy&#8217;s outrage comes in the middle of raging global protests against the killing of George Floyd, a black man, in the United States, late last month.<\/p> <p>Several elite athletes have spoken out about racism in sport and society after Floyd&#8217;s death in police custody in Minneapolis city.<\/p> <p>In a tweet on Tuesday, former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan said, &#8220;Racism is not restricted to the colour of the skin. Not allowing to buy a home in a society because you have a different faith is a part of racism too.&#8221;<\/p> <p>Pathan, a Muslim from India&#8217;s Gujarat state, was referring to many from the community denied accommodation by the landlords in Indian cities for their religion.<\/p> <p>&#8220;So much more to your story,&#8221; tweeted Sammy&#8217;s former West Indian team-mate, Chris Gayle &#8211; also a big IPL star in India when he played.<\/p> <p>Sunrisers Hyderabad declined to comment when contacted by the Reuters news agency.<\/p> <p>Meanwhile, Indian media reports featured a 2014 Instagram post by former Indian cricketer Ishant Sharma, in which the caption of his photo with Sammy purportedly described the West Indian player as &#8220;kaluu&#8221;, using a different spelling for &#8220;kaalu&#8221;.<\/p> <p class=\"has-text-align-center\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/n-9FXeGjXV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;ig_mid=14C04A87-37D8-4418-952D-7D0A0EE41D30<\/p> <p><em>With inputs from:<\/em><br \/><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/06\/west-indies-captain-faced-racism-india-ipl-stint-200610111531104.html?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=facebook\">Al Jazeera and News Agencies<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cricketer says his Hyderabad Sunrisers team-mates called him &#8216;kaalu&#8217;, but he did not know what the Hindi word meant. Former West Indies cricket captain Darren Sammy has alleged he was a victim of a racist slur used by his Indian team-mates when he played for an Indian Premier League (IPL) team in 2013-14. 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