IBL Players Crowd Anti-Racism

IBL player from Louvre Surabaya, Daniel Wenas (IBL official website)

JAKARTA - The call for anti-racism continues to echo. Support with the hashtag BlackLivesMatter is also busy on social media, especially Instagram.

This is a form of solidarity with the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd. He died after experiencing acts of violence by security forces.

The Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) players are not left behind. A number of players have also called for anti-racism on their official Instagram accounts.

Call it Pelita Jaya Bakrie player, Gabriel Batistuta Risky. He wrote the sentence "Too much love in the air" accompanied by the hashtag BlackLivesMatter. The post was accompanied by a photo of him and one of Pelita Jaya's foreign players.

Surabaya Louvre player, Daniel Wenas, did not want to be left behind. He also posted a photo with his colleagues and wrote words of support for anti-racism.

"We bleed the same color, racism and violence have no place in our place," wrote Daniel.

In line with Daniel, Pacific Caesar Surabaya employee, Yerikho Christopher Tuasela, also strongly criticized acts of racism. He said that no one is born to hurt another person because of their skin color, background, or religion.

"People can hate if they know how to hate, they can also be taught love, because love basically comes from each other's heart," said Yerikho on his Instagram account.

Prawira Bandung player, Adrian Danny Christianto, has a different way from other IBL players in conveying support. He just uploaded a black photo and accompanied it with #blackouttuesday.

The hashtag Blackout Tuesday came as a response to the racism case that befell George Floyd. This hashtag was first coined by music executives Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang.