Roux candidly acknowledged that South African rugby has had a sordid past with racial inequalities‚ but said they have taken the steps to try and remedy this.
In what can be seen as the strongest Black Lives Matter statement from any of South Africa’s sporting federations‚ Roux told a virtual press conference that the sport needed to own up and deal with uncomfortable conversations that have emanated from black players.
"The first thing we need to do is to let people tell their stories‚ but more importantly‚ we have to listen to those stories and hear what they are saying. That’s always been the issue‚” Roux said. However‚ incidents of racial discrimination have taken place and whether they’ve been dealt with accordingly by the various unions has been a topic of hot debate.
"We’ll look at that plan more seriously and we’ll address the issues that are there. We need to provide people with an opportunity to tell their stories and those stories are beyond coaches‚” Roux said. Roux also said the challenging of their existing systems will be an integral part of dealing with systemic and integrated discrimination.
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