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He said: "I hope people understand exactly what I'm saying, and exactly where I'm coming from. On the second day of the ongoing first Test between England and the West Indies, Holding -- in an interview with Sky News' Mark Austin -- said he was thinking about his parents when he became emotional on TV. He had also made an impassioned plea for society to change. Michael Anthony Holding (born 16 February 1954) is a Jamaican cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team. "Well, it's going to be a slow process, but I hope. Mid-Day is now on Telegram. Cricket became the latest sport to voice their outrage regarding racism. IANS | Transfer Talk: Should Arsenal pursue Partey? He said: "She threatened this black man with her whiteness, saying that she was going to call the police and tell them there was a black man threatening her. Fill 2 Copy 11

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Even a snail's pace. The 'Black Lives Matter' movement has intensified across the world following the death of African-American George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police personnel in US in May. "I know what they went through, and that came back to me immediately," he added while wiping tears from his eyes. When Austin asked him about how he felt in that moment, Holding's voice began to break.