Leeds United's game against Wolves dedicated to No Room for Racism, Kalvin Phillips and Tyler Roberts promote Premier League campaign

Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips has joined forces with England team-mates Tyrone Mings and Conor Coady to promote the Premier League's No Room for Racism campaign.
POSTER BOYS - Leeds United Championship title winners Kalvin Phillips and Tyler Roberts are using their platforms to promote the Premier League's No Room for Racism campaign.POSTER BOYS - Leeds United Championship title winners Kalvin Phillips and Tyler Roberts are using their platforms to promote the Premier League's No Room for Racism campaign.
POSTER BOYS - Leeds United Championship title winners Kalvin Phillips and Tyler Roberts are using their platforms to promote the Premier League's No Room for Racism campaign.

Phillips, Mings and Coady will appear in a new video, to be shown tonight before Leeds' game against Wolves at Elland Road, to call upon supporters to 'challenge it, report it, change it.'

The game has been dedicated to the No Room for Racism initiative, launched by the Premier League earlier this year to send a message that the league and its clubs will not tolerate racist behaviour.

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A range of branding for the campaign will be positioned around Elland Road, including a backdrop in place for the line-up and pin badges to be worn by all players and backroom staff.

The Premier League will also launch a series of new educational resources, featuring Phillips' team-mate and friend Tyler Roberts. The Welsh international attacker and a number of other players will discuss their own experiences of discrimination, the impact it has had on them and how everyone has a responsibility to tackle it.

More than 18,000 primary schools across England and Wales will be given access to the free teaching materials through Premier League Primary Stars and the Leeds United Foundation will take them into the various schools they work in around the city.

Roberts spoke to the YEP last week about his personal experience of racism and revealed it had occured while he was on international duty in Belarus, in a lift in the team hotel.Roberts said: “We stopped at a floor and the Belarus players were there. I was the only black lad and we were having some football banter between the two teams and one of the players started making monkey noises. Their team laughed. That was the first time I had really experienced it face on.

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“I was in shock because I was so young. Obviously I knew about racism but never expected it to happen. I thought it was something that had been going on for years but not something that was anymore - until that moment. It kind of puts you on your own and you feel like everyone is looking at you. It is a horrible feeling to have and very belittling.”

The 21-year-old is determined to use the platform football has given him to help educate others on an issue he believes should be more widely and openly discussed.

"My family is very strong about it and passionate about Black Lives Matter and Black History Month," he said.

"Now that I kind of have a bit of a platform where I can reach certain people, my mum and dad say if I can change one person’s mind or opinion - I have made the world a better place. If there is a chance for me to do that - that is something I would like to.

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“If it never gets talked about, if somebody does it (a racism act) it is not a complete wrong. I feel like it is still awkward for people to talk about racism. It is something that has happened, it should not be a light topic, it is something we should be open to talking about and hear people’s opinions, especially in schools.”