Holding says there is a need to "understand why racism came about and exactly why it has continued". includes the alleged offences of named individuals unless it is considered to be already common public knowledge

A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. With contributions from Usain Bolt, Adam Goodes, Jeff Harriott, Thierry Henry, Michael Johnson, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Makhaya Ntini, Naomi Osaka, Hope Powell Michael Holding, said “I felt it was really important to write this book, and I hope it encourages people to educate themselves about the issues raised. I would like to thank my writing partner, Ed Hawkins, Simon & Schuster and all the great sports stars who contributed to the book.” William Hill is operated by WHG (International) Limited, a company registered in Gibraltar. WHG (International) Limited is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 39225for customers in Great Britain and further licensed by the Government of Gibraltar and regulated by the Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner. The registered office of William Hill is at 6/1 Waterport Place, Gibraltar, with registered company number 99191. William Hill is a registered I.B.A.Sbookmaker. Alyson Rudd, Chair of Judges, said: “Given everything that has happened in the world over the last 18 months, I am proud the standard of the entries was as strong as ever. Michael’s book was very well written, and brilliantly and evocatively highlights the importance of education in defeating one of society’s biggest issues.”A number of prominent sports people, including Arsenal legend and World Cup-winning France striker Thierry Henry and eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, have since shared their stories of racial discrimination with Holding and feature in his new book on the subject - 'Why We Kneel, How We Rise'.

Thank you for this precious gift, Mikey. We'll miss your fearless, wise commentary. Have fun playing with your grandkids 😊The public reaction to his powerful words about racism compelled Holding to write “Why We Kneel, How We Rise” with the help of journalist Ed Hawkins. AddThis sets this geolocation cookie to help understand the location of users who share the information. The JSESSIONID cookie is used by New Relic to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application. We need to re-educate people so that they learn the true history of the world and the true history of mankind, so that they can understand why racism came about and exactly why it has continued." This cookie is set by the provider The Guardian. This cookie is used for embedding The Guardian video player.

Because we have heard the Jamaican for so many years on air, one does not so much read the book as hear him read it aloud to us. The voice is calm and reasoned as always; the hurt, the sorrow, the angst, the hopelessness and the hope are all pitched in the same even tone. Remember his Now, I have been working in this field for a while and so the stories told here are abhorrent, but honestly not surprising to me having read many such accounts over the years. They don't get easier to consume, but sadly I have sat in meetings with, listened to folks in cafes, seen comments on social media that let me know that bigoted, racist attitudes are still very prevalent in 2023 despite the pressure for change. This means we have to keep calling this out, keep educating ourselves because we are all part of a structurally racist system that will take effort and focus to dismantle. Holding is so right when he opines that this will be difficult since it's a system of white supremacy, designed for that end by white folks who are loathe, in many cases, to lose their privilege and see others gaining equality as them actually losing something. I see this all the time. It's as though equality is too much to give other people. I am proud and honoured to receive the iconic William Hill award, and I hope this will help us spread the message of ‘say no to racism’ and importance of learning more about this important topic.” Mikey describes every important word and concept be uses, in simple language, so that you don't have to Google or search for the dictionary if you don't understand them. For example, when talking about Jim Crow laws, be describes who exactly Jim Crow was, and what these laws exactly said. In another place Mikey describes what 'redlining' exactly means. This enhances the reading flow of the book and makes it a beautiful experience.If we are not familiar with the facts Mikey describes, it will make us angry, it will make our blood boil, we'll find them unbelievable, it will break our hearts, it will make us cry. All these happened to me. I knew some of the facts, but it was unbelievable that some of these bad things, pure evil things, were happening well into the 20th century. There were two chapters called 'Dehumanisation' and 'History Lesson' which were very hard to read, because what they described was heartbreaking. It was unbelievable to read about some of the things, that scientists and philosophers that we admire from previous centuries, had said.

There are positives in the book too of how top sportsmen and women are making a difference and whilst he does not expect to see equality in his lifetime he is hopeful that his young daughter will. I am proud and honoured to receive the iconic William Hill Sport Book of the Year award, and I hope this will help us spread the message of ‘say no to racism’ and importance of learning more about this important topic.” ARRAffinity cookie is set by Azure app service, and allows the service to choose the right instance established by a user to deliver subsequent requests made by that user.It is a book that transcends geographies, race and time. The Indian in Erode or Agra will make his or her own connections as will people across continents, with guilt, pain, fear and hope for they have seen, experienced, fought or closed their eyes to discrimination, inequalities and atrocities based on class, caste, colour, race, gender, religion and language. I also said hope, because everyone will resonate with Holding’s repeated urging that education will be the path for society and the world to improve. Holding is at his most passionate when he describes how a whitewashed history has been written and why that must change. ‘The decolonisation of the curriculum is the single most important change that we need to see’, says Holding. Everyone knows how fiercely protected that territory is but if there is one place to cut the Gordian knot, it is in the writing and teaching of true and fair history. They would write those letters in red ink. They would write them outside of the lines going up and down to pretend, or to try to create the impression that it's kids that are writing these letters. Hotjar sets this cookie to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether it was the first time Hotjar saw this user. Empire Windrush after World War II only because the English desperately wanted their workforce. He shares all these and many more examples to open eyes, minds and hearts. When I first came to England to play, we would get letters in the dressing room. Some of the letters were nice kind letters, but some of the letters were barbaric," said Holding, who works for Sky Sports as a commentator.