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Root: ‘Important to show solidarity with the black community’
Use of symbol in sport now being distanced from political group

England’s cricketers are to wear Black Lives Matter badges on the collar of their shirts during the upcoming Test series against West Indies, calling it an “act of solidarity” with their Caribbean opponents.
The logo Joe Root and his teammates will carry is the same as the badge on Premier League shirts, created by the designer Alisha Hosannah, partner of Watford’s captain Troy Deeney. With a clenched fist replacing the “a” in black it is a potent image in itself, but it is also becoming a symbol of English sport’s attempts to distance its own actions in protesting against racial injustice from those of the organisation that shares the name. Continue reading...