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"The solidarity that we see in the streets of
the cities around the world now should give us hope," the
musician said in a phone-recorded video given to Reuters.
The May 25 death of George Floyd, an African-American, has
sparked demonstrations around the world over police treatment of
ethnic minorities. A white police officer detaining him knelt on
his neck for nearly nine minutes.
The musician, who has recently spent time self-isolating in his
native Sweden due to the coronavirus pandemic, condemned those
without "the imagination or will to put themselves in the place
of a coloured woman or man", adding that he believes such people
to be in the minority.
Ulvaeus compared the Black Lives Matter protests to the #MeToo
movement against sexual harassment, saying both "are about
seeing the person next to you as an equal".
"I see my grandchildren growing up without an ounce of the
poison of racism in them, and I think they'll stay that way," he
added.
(Reporting by Colm Fulton; Editing by Giles Elgood)
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