Héritier Lumumba ends all contact with Collingwood over response to racism allegations
by Emma Kemp from World news | The Guardian on (#5Y476)
- Nothing has changed' since Do Better Report, says former player
- Lumumba's allegations of racism at AFL club prompted review
Heritier Lumumba says he and two fellow former Collingwood players have severed ties with the AFL club because nothing has changed" in the 15 months since a damning report commissioned by the club found a culture of systemic racism" within its walls.
The premiership player, whose allegations of racism during his time at the club from 2004 to 2015 sparked the independent investigation which resulted in last February's Do Better report, announced he, Leon Davis and Andrew Krakouer would no longer engage with the Magpies as they attempt to implement the report's recommendations.
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