JOHN WIGHT writes on legendary boxing trainer and philosopher, Cus D’Amato
Importance of visibly fighting back against racism in sport
JAMES NALTON discusses how Vinicius Junior has become a regular target for racial abuse in Spain, during games and in their aftermath as figures within the sport try to excuse it
WHEN Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers of Major League Baseball, the team’s president and general manager, Branch Rickey, was concerned as to how his new signing would respond to racist abuse.
Robinson had a history of fighting back.
While in the military he was recommended to be court-martialled for refusing to move to the back of a bus by a driver who enforced racial segregation even on an unsegregated army bus, and for subsequent confrontations with military police related to that incident.
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