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“For those who don’t know, I come from a mixed race family. My half-sisters are Coloured and my step mom is Black. For me, Black lives have mattered since I was born. Not just because there was an international movement… I didn’t understand why I had to prove it with a gesture, when I live and learn and love people from all walks of life every day. When you are told what to do, with no discussion, I felt like it takes away the meaning.”
Quinton de Kock
South African
Cricketer
(in a statement explaining his original decision not to take a knee before World Cup matches as mandated by the CSA board, but reversing his position)
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