formula 1 Superstar Lewis Hamilton calls for the overthrow of monuments. The world champion has demanded that governments around the world to remove statues that can be seen as racist symbols. The British racer posted in Instagram a photo of an Anti-racism Demonstration in Bristol, where the Statue of an English politician was from the Base encountered, was once involved in the slave trade.
“Our country has honored a man who has sold African slaves! All the statues of racist men who have earned money with the sale of a human being, should be demolished,“ wrote Hamilton to do so. In the case of the protests in Bristol, the Statue had been cast then into the Harbor. “What is the next?” Hamilton asked.
The 35-Year-old was revealed later by the crisis management of the British government in the Corona-crisis horrified. “You would have to close the borders months ago. To people without testing from other countries flown in, is incomprehensible to me. You could save thousands of lives“, said Hamilton. “We need a better leader!”
The Mercedes driver had turned on last with the emotional Call in the debate after the violent death of the African-American George Floyd during a police action in the United States. He had criticized the Silence of the formula 1 to the Anti-racism protests and the Motorsport as a “White dominated” means. Several formula 1 colleagues and team showed solidarity with Hamilton and the “Black Lives Matter”movement.
“Lewis is a great Ambassador, and his comments are very entitled, we support him completely,” said formula-1-sport-in-chief Ross Brawn in the TV channel Sky to the Anti-racism comments Hamiltons.
in Addition, Hamilton was called before the political authorities to Act against racism. “There can be no peace until the so called leader of change,” wrote Hamilton in the previous week.
