Cricketer Abhinav Mukund slams racial abuse

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Abhinav Mukund.  

Indian cricketer Abhinav Mukund has slammed racial abuse on social media, saying that he has himself been at the receiving end of insults and ridicule for his skin tone. In a statement on his Twitter page, Mukund expressed his disappointment at some of the messages sent to him targeting his skin tone.

The left-handed batsman, however, made it clear that his statement had nothing to do with any member of the Indian cricket team.

“I am writing today not to garner sympathy or attention but with the hope to change the mindset of people on an issue I feel strongly about. I have been travelling a lot within and outside our country since I was 15. Ever since I was young, people’s obsession with my skin colour has always been a mystery to me,” said his statement posted on Wednesday night.

“Anyone who follows cricket would understand the obvious. I have played and trained day in and day out in the sun and not even once have I regretted the fact that I have tanned or lost a couple of shades.

“I have been subjected to a lot of name calling and I have laughed and shrugged it off because I had bigger goals! Affected young, I toughened up because this was never something that would pull me down.

“There were many times when I chose not to dignify these insults with responses. Today I am speaking up not just for me but for many from our country who experience ridicule based on the colour of one’s skin.

“Obviously with the rise of social media, it has gone to magnitude that I see people hurling abuses left, right and centre at something I have absolutely no control over!

“Fair is not the only lovely or handsome guys! Stay true, stay focussed and be comfortable in your own skin,” he concluded.

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