Nairobi, July 3 -- The ongoing groundswell of public opinion against racism throughout the world has seen mass protests with confederate monuments being brought down, big budget police reforms have been pledged in the United States, the Belgian King has expressed "deepest regrets" to Congo for colonial era brutality and Karen Parkin, an Adidas executive who recently described the current discussions on racism as "noise" has been forced to step down.

In Formula 1(F1), the Mercedes-AMG Petronas team, the reigning champions, have revealed that they will race in black livery this season in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and as a statement against racism and discrimination.

The livery will also feature the slogan "End Racism" on th...