00:00I was being called the exact same word that he described that was degrading to us black people.
00:10So I instantly got very angry about it, knowing now what that word meant.
00:30I was listening to Hasan Minhaj
00:59talking about how some of these people in his culture view or describe black people.
01:10Now that doesn't apply to everybody, but I say this because of something I experienced.
01:18So I said I was angry after listening to him describing a word that they use to describe black people
01:28which he was saying is not in a good way, and it was degrading.
01:37Instantly I remember when I played for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013 and 2014,
01:45I was being called the exact same word that he described that was degrading to us black people.
01:55So I instantly got very angry about it, knowing now what that word meant.
02:02I will be messaging those people, you guys know who you are,
02:09and I must admit at the time in which I was being called that, I actually did not know what it meant.
02:18I thought it meant strong stallion or whatever it is, and I saw no problems with it
02:28because I was ignorant to the fact that I did not know what it meant.
02:33I assumed it meant something else that was uplifting, but every time I was called it,
02:40it was me and Tesaro Pereira, there was always laughter in the moment.
02:48So me being a team man I thought, hey, teammates are happy, it must be something funny.
02:57But you could understand my frustration and my anger when it was pointed out to me that it wasn't funny at all.
03:09It was degrading. So I'm going to be texting you guys and asking you guys,
03:17when you repeatedly called me that word over and over again to the point that I was even saying that's my name,
03:30did you all mean it in any way, shape or form as a degrading word to me?
03:40Because that's very important. Because like I said, I've had great memories in all the dressing rooms that I've been in.
03:49As a T20 player, as a leader in the dressing room, as a captain, I've always been one to build up the relationship or build up a team, not bring it down.
04:04So all those who used to call me that, you guys know yourself, reach out to me.
04:12Let's have a conversation, because if it was in any way, shape or form what Minaj said it meant, I'm very disappointed.
04:23And I'll still be angry and deserve an apology from you guys, because I saw all of you guys as my brothers.
04:35And to all the other bots, like I mentioned earlier, this is why it's important to take a stand against all the racial injustice,
04:52against any human being that is not accepted.
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