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Pakistan-born UK cricketer: I started taking 'medication to cope with racist abuse'

07:5218/11/2021, Thursday
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Azeem Rafiq, a Pakistan-born former English cricketer, broke down in tears as he revealed the shocking details of horrific institutionalized racism players with an Asian background were subjected to at the Yorkshire cricket club. "There were comments such as, 'You'll sit over there near the toilets' and 'elephant-washers'," Rafiq revealed, adding that he had started using medication due to his deteriorating mental health.

Azeem Rafiq, a Pakistan-born former English cricketer, broke down in tears as he revealed the shocking details of horrific institutionalized racism players with an Asian background were subjected to at the Yorkshire cricket club. "There were comments such as, 'You'll sit over there near the toilets' and 'elephant-washers'," Rafiq revealed, adding that he had started using medication due to his deteriorating mental health.


#Azeem Rafiq
#English cricketer
#racism
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