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Not really been paying much attention but seems there's a conversation being had in the media about racism in cricket? Rafiq tells everybody British cricket is built on institutionalised racism, the higher ups don't belive him/try to bury it, it comes out, people discuss how far we've moved from overt acts of racism and attitudes like Norman Tessbitts 'cricket test'. Anti semetic tweets emerge, culture war proponents get a hard on. Nothing really changes.
At the same time gollywogs can still be found on the high street, black face still happens.
I can't help but feel a bit frustrated with it but at the very least Rafiq feels the power to be able to stand up and say something and people such as ardicus above are making thier voice heard on rasict symbols of the past.
I got reminded of the book pictured, the title of which came from a racist chant heard in the Yorkshire and Lancashire cricket grounds in the 70s and 80s. The book was written over 30 years ago, a lot has changed but some of the fundamentals can be still be applied today.
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