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3 Nov, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Just over a year ago, former White Rose player @AzeemRafiq30 first made allegations of institutional racism at the club. The subsequent investigation by @YorkshireCCC found that p*ki is just "good natured banter"
#RunRacismOut

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While the report found that it was “not reasonable for Azeem to have been offended”, it did find that Rafiq had been a victim of “racial harassment and bullying”.

The club issued an apology, however were “pleased” to announce that no further disciplinary action would be taken.
"I am proud to support this campaign by HOPE not hate. When investigating racism, the process needs transparency, not only so people know what happened, but so we can learn from it.

I join their call to the @YorkshireCCC to release the investigation’s findings." - @AzeemRafiq30
‘Casual’ racism is not banter. Racism is racism. We are asking @YorkshireCCC to release the report in full and for a full investigation to be conducted by the ECB into the matter.

We stand in solidarity with @AzeemRafiq30 #RunRacismOut

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