The former Welsh rugby international examines the distinct lack of BAME representation in boardrooms and how governing bodies can change for good
The only black leader of a major British sporting body has urged the government and sport to learn the lessons from the Windrush scandal when it comes to the “long-standing and deep-rooted inequalities” for people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds in sport.
Nigel Walker, the former Olympian and Welsh rugby union star who now leads the English Institute of Sport, said that while he did not believe British sport was institutionally racist it had “turned a blind eye” to problems within the system – and governing bodies now had to back up their recent promises of change with real action.
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