Former England batter Rainford-Brent goal of racist hate letter
Former England cricketer Ebony Rainford-Brent printed on Wednesday she had gained hate mail with racist abuse the place the sender had requested her to “depart our nation”.
Rainford-Brent, the primary Black lady to play for England when she made her debut in 2001 elderly 17, shared a picture of the handwritten letter on social media — two days after Azeem Rafiq gave damning testimony that catalogued racism within the game.
Fascinating…? Born in South London however it appears I used to be discovered bare in Africa as a primitive ? Had some letters in my time however this one up there! pic.twitter.com/Z4QhATia1B
— Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent MBE (@ejrainfordbrent) November 17, 2021
The letter contained numerous expletives and requested the 37-year-old, ‘Who invited you to my nation?’ and described her as “illiterate, primitive” and being discovered “bare in Africa”.”Fascinating… Born in South London however it appears I used to be discovered bare in Africa as a primitive. Had some letters in my time however this one (is) up there,” Rainford-Brent wrote on Twitter performed for England for 9 years and used to be awarded the MBE within the Queen’s birthday honours record previous this 12 months for her products and services to the game and charity.
Now a commentator, she teamed up with former West Indies cricketer Michael Protecting final 12 months to talk about racism and the Black Lives Topic motion.
