The game of cricket has turned from being a sport played by the white "upper class" gentlemen to one engaged in by men of all colour, class and creed. The West Indies team was the first to have a black person playing Test Cricket for his country. When the West Indies just started playing cricket they were the beating stick of Test Cricket but we improved and became the ones doing the beating from the 1960s to the 1980s.

The better the West Indies got, the darker the complexion of its team members. This was considered a "Big diss" in an era where racism ruled and blacks were supposed to be subordinate and therefore unworthy in the eyes of the whites. Cricket was considered to be a gentleman's sport, therefore if blacks were dominating the sport then we too were gentlemen.

The West Indies gave black people hope and inspired other blacks to believe that they could be as good as they strive to be. By becoming the best team in Cricket we proved it could be done and the West Indies led by example. Although the West Indies have become somewhat of a "beating stick" again I believe our time will come again. Cricket has moved from a sport that every West Indian supported to a dying sport struggling to stay alive because it can't compare to other sports like basketball and football. We were once a great team because of the support we had and we couldn't afford to lose, no matter the cost, because of the support we once had. With that support we could regain the momentum we once had.

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