Raheem Sterling leads new anti-racism campaign with sport stars
Raheem Sterling praised the Premier League for allowing Manchester City and Arsenal players to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement on Wednesday night. Both sets of players took a knee to protest against racial injustice on the first minute, and player names on the back of shirts were replaced with the words 'Black Lives Matter'.
Man City news: Raheem Sterling hails 'massive step' for Black Lives Matter movement (Image: GETTY)
He expressed after Wednesday night's game - in which City ran out 3-0 winners over Arsenal - that he felt it was a sign that society is moving in the right direction.
Sterling said: "I see it as a massive step for the Premier League to allow something like that to happen.
"It shows we're going in the right direction.
"Little by little we're seeing change and that's what everyone is hoping for, not just black players, I think the majority of the country and it's great to see."
City boss Pep Guardiola echoed Sterling's statement, but called for tougher action.
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"Just because you are born with another colour of skin, how can people think you are completely different than others.
“All these gestures are good, they are positive, but you have to do it with facts.
“It can’t be solved in a few days, but everything we can do, we can do.
"We have to do a lot of things for the black people that we have not done so far.”
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