Lewis Hamilton attacks silence from F1 paddock over George Floyd killingPosted in Articles, Media Archive, Social Justice, United Kingdom on 2020-07-06 20:23Z by Steven |
Lewis Hamilton attacks silence from F1 paddock over George Floyd killing
The Guardian
2020-05-31
 Lewis Hamilton has accused ‘some of the biggest stars’ in his sport of ‘staying silent in the midst of injustice’ after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. Photograph: David Davies/PA |
- Hamilton: ‘I see those of you who are staying silent’
- Driver condemns response from ‘white-dominated sport’
Lewis Hamilton has spoken out about the killing of George Floyd and offered a damning condemnation of the silence from others in Formula One, including his fellow drivers.
“I see those of you who are staying silent, some of you the biggest of stars yet you stay silent in the midst of injustice,” he wrote on Instagram. “Not a sign from anybody in my industry which of course is a white-dominated sport.
“I’m one of the only people of colour there yet I stand alone. I would have thought by now you would see why this happens and say something about it but you can’t stand alongside us. Just know I know who you are, and I see you.”
Hamilton is the only black driver in Formula One and has been outspoken on the sport’s need for greater diversity in the past. “There’s barely any diversity in F1,” Hamilton said in 2018. “Still nothing’s changed in 11 years I’ve been here.”…
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