During a recent interview, Colorado Rapids striker Kei Kamara stated the importance of players using their platforms as athletes to speak out, especially Black players. “As Black players around the league, we’re starting to communicate and see what we are going to do to really represent the Black people and the Black athletes and the Black kids across the country because they look up to us. It’s not just about sports, it’s about the well-being of everyone and that’s why this one is bigger than sports at the moment.”
With the murder of George Floyd and ensuing protests in this nation and abroad, Kamara has once again stepped up on his platform.