Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling changing perceptions of race, says Ian WrightMarcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling changing perceptions of race, says Ian Wright
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Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling changing perceptions of race, says Ian Wright.

“It’s people like Marcus Rashford, he changed the course of how people write about black players, and Raheem Sterling – that’s power,” said the former Arsenal and England striker.

“They’re not only magnificent footballers, they’ve got social conscience and they’ve got massive platforms where when they say something, people listen, and that’s what happens nowadays,” he told the Press Association.

“And what you see is everybody comes together when this happens now and this is how things change. Things are moving, not as quickly as they should be, but they are moving.

“Things only change when white people get involved. If it was down to black people, we would still be (constantly) being racially abused. We can’t change it alone.”

“We still need black people to get into certain offices high up to make change – and that’s still not happening because if it was we wouldn’t be going through certain things that we’re going through now,” Wright continued.

“But at the same time, people like Steven Gerrard and Ben Mee and white allies who speak up and speak up passionately about the wrongs of racism and inequality is how things change, how things move.

“That’s how people change what they feel, that’s how you make them think, their conscience.”

“To have three generations playing football is amazing, I’m very proud of that, I’m very proud of them,” Wright added.

“(But) one of the things I think about all the time is the racism side of it. Three generations, are we all going to have it?”

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