The former Bradford City star discusses his work tackling racism.
Former Bradford City player Chris Kamara has met the city's Lord Mayor to mark his becoming an MBE.Mr Kamara recently revealed he has apraxia of speech, which sometimes causes difficulty in speaking.
Cllr Martin Love also met Shadim Hussain who received an MBE for foster caring and Marjorie Black, who was awarded a BEM for services to policing."I'm not sure I 100% deserve it, but they're giving it me," he joked. "As far as racism is concerned I've grown up with it so I'm one of the best people to talk about it."
The former midfielder has been involved in raising more than £3m for various charities over the years, including Show Racism the Red Card.The former Bradford City player-manager was awarded the MBE for his charity work In his recent BBC podcast, he talked about his diagnosis with apraxia, which according to the NHS affects speech as "muscles cannot carry out the instructions given by the brain"."So when I actually talk to someone, rather than talking to myself in the mirror, then I find out the pace of it," he said.He signed for the Bantams in 1994 and as player-manager led them to promotion to the First Division in 1996 after winning the Wembley play-off final.
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