• Report. Lewis Hamilton's demands: "This is a white sport"

One more claim by Lewis Hamilton . After getting involved in environmentalism or fighting racism, the six-time Formula 1 champion has deepened his animal activism with a clear enemy: bullfighting in Spain. A convinced vegetarian, to the point of producing a documentary called 'The Game Changers' that can be seen on Netflix, the Mercedes driver used this time the Instagram Stories to offer his point of view.

"This is disgusting Spain," said Hamilton, attaching an image of a bull after a bullfight. "Children in Spain learn to torture and kill bulls at the age of 14. We ask the Ministry of Education to close bullfighting schools immediately. You can help by sharing this request," added the athlete, attaching a link.

Hamilton's criticism stems from several videos published by the political party PACMA (Animalist Party Against Animal Abuse) and is part of a campaign that is being directed internationally by the PETA platform (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). According to the latter, in its campaign, bullfighting schools "indoctrinate young people in an act of violence" and therefore violate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (United Nations Organization).

A month of politics

This same June, George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis and the silence of Formula 1 about it, already made Hamilton squirm, who targeted his teammates on the grid. "I see those who remain silent, some of you are the biggest stars, but you remain silent in the midst of injustice. There is no sign of anyone in my industry that of course is a white-dominated sport. I am a of the only people of color who are there, but I'm alone, "the pilot also snapped his Instagram, which is followed by more than 16 million users.

In that case, some other pilots agreed with him and seconded his words. This was the case of Carlos Sainz , who responded as follows: "The problems that we lived with in 2020 make us think that we have gone back in time regardless of the suffering and tears of our ancestors. It is crazy to think what is still happening in right now, we all have the same blood. " Both will return to action in less than a month, on July 5, at the Austrian circuit of Spielberg.

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