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Tell them Mikey

 
ponderiver 2020-07-08 10:15:52 

He is not playing
Giving Sky viewers a no holds barred take on BLM

He wont be on tv for much longer but it had to be said
He seized the moment I applaud his honesty

 
Fantom 2020-07-08 10:29:16 

In reply to ponderiver

Mikey is a national treasure. He was eloquent, passionate and - as usual - honest.

 
Raggs 2020-07-08 10:38:59 

In reply to ponderiver

that left Ian Ward and Nasser Hussain looking awkwardly down at their well polished shoes.

 
Halliwell 2020-07-08 10:40:43 

In reply to ponderiver

Yes...well balanced attack!

 
ponderiver 2020-07-08 10:42:38 

In reply to Raggs

that left Ian Ward and Nasser Hussain looking awkwardly down at their well polished shoes


Nas eventually found his voice but it was awkward....Holdings piece was probably the most important cricket interview ever
cool

 
solidrock 2020-07-08 10:47:41 

In reply to ponderiver

Absolutely fantastic review, analysis, and encouragement by Mr. Holding. I was impressed by his illustrations re Yale studies. Still such a forthright individual.

 
mikesiva 2020-07-08 11:02:13 

In reply to ponderiver

Here's some of it

 
Raggs 2020-07-08 11:39:14 

In reply to ponderiver

He wont be on tv for much longer but it had to be said
He seized the moment I applaud his honesty
you may be wrong there cuz sky sports is using that piece as a flagship to promote their black lives matter campaign totally endorsed by their media team.

 
Ray123 2020-07-08 11:40:13 

In reply to mikesiva

Well said Mikey.

 
newdread 2020-07-08 11:57:49 

The reactions on that twitter feed speak volumes.....

 
Seechy 2020-07-08 12:02:37 

Absolutely powerful speech by the great fast bowler. People calling for Mikey to be PM.

 
mikesiva 2020-07-08 12:07:31 

In reply to newdread

It does, doesn't it? It shows that racism is still rife among fans of English cricket.

 
Dukes 2020-07-08 12:13:27 

In reply to newdread

I am absolutely BLOWN AWAY.

OUTSTANDING AND EFFECTIVE

MIKEY HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK

NEEDS TO GO VIRAL AROUND THE WORLD

 
Ewart 2020-07-08 12:16:22 

In reply to mikesiva


Wow! His mother was a teacher. She would be proud. The whole family would be proud. I was a frequent visitor to their home when he was a toddler and know them well.


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Dukes 2020-07-08 12:22:33 

In reply to Ewart

Isn't one of his older sisters a doctor?

 
Norm 2020-07-08 12:25:04 

In reply to newdread

The reactions on that twitter feed

What Twitter feed?

 
Gun_Play 2020-07-08 12:28:29 

In reply to mikesiva

Thanks for the video.

Well said, Mikey.

 
googly1961 2020-07-08 12:44:35 

Fortis speaks!!

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2020-07-08 12:56:11 

Great piece of education from Holding

 
Wally-1 2020-07-08 13:08:06 

In reply to googly1961

Fortis speaks!!
Steeuupes, has nothing to do with Fortis more to do with Aquarius. Aquarian speaks! big grin

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2020-07-08 13:20:11 

In reply to Wally-1

Lol. Correct big grin big grin

 
mittheimp 2020-07-08 13:22:58 

In reply to Raggs

unfair...Sky sports commentary are very informed and fair.

 
jacksprat 2020-07-08 13:25:21 

The thing I have always respected about Mikey Holding is that he is forthright, honest and does not mince words to pander to a particular audience.

Kudos to the great Mikey Holding - his Fortis background notwithstanding big grin

 
powen001 2020-07-08 14:07:18 

In reply to Dukes

One of Mikeys best deliveries so far big grin

 
newdread 2020-07-08 14:07:34 

In reply to Norm

Click on the link provided by mikesiva

 
Norm 2020-07-08 14:15:36 

In reply to newdread

Thanks.

Holding's views on the topic were well received. He is one of the few well-know people that bridges social chasms easily, and spontaneously. No prepared speeches!

 
powen001 2020-07-08 14:26:12 

In reply to Norm

Basically...He is educated and took the time to learn and understand the world in which he operates.

 
powen001 2020-07-08 14:26:37 

UMPS walking back out.

 
natty_forever 2020-07-08 14:54:51 

In reply to Wally-1

FORTIS EDUCATED SPEAKS. big grin

 
Dukes 2020-07-08 14:58:12 

In reply to natty_forever

Isn't BIG IDIOT also "FORTIS EDUCATED"??????

 
Chrissy 2020-07-08 15:17:28 

In reply to Fantom
Mikey is a class act - period - he has never played the licky licky game

 
Ridge 2020-07-08 16:18:12 

Well said Mikey. No one is born a racist.

 
Elsie 2020-07-08 16:19:26 

In reply to ponderiver

Respect to Holding.....!

Just saw it.

Actually, the Sky replay was a speech Holding made in studio , interspersed with the Black female England cricketer's comments.

Same topic as his talk with Nasser and the other guy..

 
buds 2020-07-08 16:29:06 

Spoken like a true Jamaican. Tears came to my eyes.

 
Maispwi 2020-07-08 16:48:29 

Here is another video including Ebony Rainford-Brent

 
natty_forever 2020-07-08 16:59:18 

In reply to Dukes

Yes, however thats due to politics why you all hate the man. big grin


Marlon also. lol


Some never went to classes it seems.


I am sure Cawmere not going take flack because Sudden went there.

 
ponderiver 2020-07-08 18:13:13 

In reply to buds

I cried too

That was 1976 at the Oval, Bowling to Boycott at the Kensington oval, Kicking down the stumps of injustice in New Zealand all over again

Mikey metaphorically destroyed the stumps of privilege

He wss born for this moment no other West Indian cricketer past or present could have produced a delivery of such crushing faultless intensity

None will ever forget that moment.

 
cupid20d 2020-07-08 18:31:44 

Wake up call for Jamaicans and their Governor Gerneral... still kissing the Queen's ass.... ..

 
natty_forever 2020-07-08 19:52:25 

In reply to cupid20d

Figure head. But a get you.

 
TyTy35 2020-07-08 20:00:51 

It was amazing that speech embodies the entire civil rights and BLM movements, you could see at the end even Mikey was a bit choked up. Real Fortis!!!
lol lol

 
Ewart 2020-07-08 20:29:42 

In reply to Dukes

Yes. She is.


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mikesiva 2020-07-08 22:34:54 

In reply to Maispwi

Thanks for that.

Holding said he could deal with it, because it was just for the summer. And he was going back to Jamaica soon.

Ebony felt the pain of growing up black in Britain.

I get through the racism, because I think like Holding. But my daughter grew up in Britain, so the pain and anger for her is so much worse.

 
DonD 2020-07-08 22:35:46 

This should come as no surprise that Holding expressed his views on BLM in such forceful, articulate and passionate way. Ever since the early 80s The likes of Viv, Holding and LLoyd made their views clear on Pan Africanism and the black man's cause when they turned down the huge sums of Apartheid lucre to sell their principles and play cricket in SA. It's refreshing to hear Holding expounding on race with such passion. I have a feeling that his traditional PNP upbringing prepared him well. BTW I notice where Linton Kwesi Johnson was awarded the Pen Pinter prize for literature. Yea, Inglan is still a bitch.

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2020-07-08 23:33:04 

Nasser was quite passionate as well

 
openning 2020-07-08 23:57:14 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
Bro, they are many influential Blacks, that would not had given that speech.
Just look at Foxnews and you would see, Don King and many Black GOP are part of that group.
This group is part of the elite in Barbados.
Once you understand Social Stratification in a society, and only think of your self, the love for others diminish.

 
Dreama 2020-07-09 01:42:57 

Question is, how many people on this site knew of LH Latimer before Holding mention his name today?
How many on here know of his other inventions and patents? Change will start with the man in the mirror
leading the way as others follow.

 
Maispwi 2020-07-09 02:06:43 

In reply to mikesiva

He also said that once he found out how much the The WI winning helped to ease de pain of dere suffering he had a different perspective

 
Chrissy 2020-07-09 02:18:51 

In reply to Dukes

Marjorie and his other sister was Principal of the Edna Manley School of the Arts. I met Mikey when he was a Nat Sci. student at UWEE. He has always been very clear on matters race and racism.

 
Tryangle 2020-07-09 03:49:04 

I did not hear his clip with Nasser, et al... but the clip with Mikey and Ebony was gold and ought to be shared over and over again.

 
hotarobin 2020-07-09 04:34:54 

In reply to ponderiver

there will be no backlash for it...the time is right for the conversations...long overdue but the world is ready to talk...

 
mikesiva 2020-07-09 07:58:52 

In reply to Dreama

I love my history, as you guys know. And I had never heard of Latimer before yesterday.

Just goes to show. No matter how many degrees you get you can always learn more.

 
Dukes 2020-07-09 08:06:46 

In reply to mikesiva

The more you know, the more you realize how little you know.