LEXINGTON — Members of the Kentucky basketball team have a message for Big Blue Nation.
"You cheer us on the court, but we are asking you to support us off the court," players said in a video speaking out against racism posted to the official UK basketball Twitter account Monday night. "Be a part of the change."
In the two-minute video, each member of the 2020-21 roster alternates reading lines in a prepared message.
"The time for change is now," the players said. "We’ve watched for too long now as our mothers, our fathers, our brothers and our sisters have been profiled and discriminated and even beaten, shot and killed.