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Hewitt on race and the importance of speaking out

Dragons rugby player Ashton Hewitt has become an influential advocate for racial equality.
"Half Welsh, half Jamaican and proud of it", the 25-year-old wing has been vocal on social media during the Black Lives Matter movement and has earned praise for speaking out.
To mark Black History Month, Hewitt tells Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Sport Wales about the importance of education and why he wants to use his profile as an elite athlete to continue the conversation about race.

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