Topic suggested by bull on Thu Sep 10 17:22:17 .
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We all followed the recent Australian tour of India and one gentleman who stole the show was Mr. Peter van de Merwe who thought that even one look by an Indian batsman was dissent whereas something as clear as asking How was I out? by an Australian, which is against ICC rules, is only disappointment. We also know about the chucking allegations on Dharmasena and Chauhan (who doesnt seem to have recovered from it yet!).
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- From: Srinath (@ socks12d.raleigh.ibm.com)
on: Thu Sep 24 12:50:54
IMO, the South Africans still retain more than a tinge of Racism in them. This can be seen from Allan Donald's words against Rahul Dravid, Kepler Wessels hitting Kapil Dev with his bat after Kapil ran out Gary Kirsten (?) etc. There is also some affinity between SA and Australia - probably because both are in the Southern Hemisphere. But after generations of apartheid, it is impractical to expect the SAs to believe in racial equality all of a sudden. It will definitely take time.
- From: Srinath (@ socks12d.raleigh.ibm.com)
on: Thu Sep 24 12:53:21
Another incident is Nathan Astle calling Manjrekar (?) a brown bas....d and liar after he took a catch at the boundary line. Astle believed that Manjrekar(?) was lying and that he'd stepped oer the boundary - replays showed otherwise. Astle was at the non-striker's end at that time.
- From: Test (@ spider-tn041.proxy.aol.com)
on: Fri Oct 30 23:15:07
Testing
- From: suresh (@ bellbird.qut.edu.au)
on: Fri Nov 6 03:58:15
Being in Aussie land, I don't think, barring a few instances here and there, there's any animosity toward Indian cricketers. In fact, Sachin is probably the most celebrated cricketer here, perhaps over & above Warne himself!
Of course, they are terribly biased against the Pak team and the Lankans. I've seen some very sharp comments made about Ranatunga in particular.
Racism is just too rampant to be wished away; IMO, it exists in a diff. form as "regionalism" in Indian cricket. Look at the way every Sardar from Sidhu to Harbhajan has been handled, not to mention the trouble Dravid etc. had to go thru just b'cos they were from Karnataka! By that token, maybe the BCCI is among the most racist bodies.. look at the way they genuflect to white supremacy (aka ICC) asking Titmus to evaluate Harbhajan when u have the best quartet of spinners back home! this when the Australian team sends its spinners to a spin camp at chennai! frankly, we seem to almost plead to be discriminated against.
just an aside: BS Bedi commenting on the Harbhajan fiasco - "if Harbhajan's bowling is called for action, then Muralidharan should be sent to Olympics for the javelin throw!"
- From: LEAGUECRICKETER (@ spider-wi071.proxy.aol.com)
on: Wed Nov 29 11:20:57
I play cricket at a reasonably high standard in an area of England (Birmingham) where there is a high percentage of ethnic minorities living . Many, as it is so popular in their mother countries, play cricket . I play with and against many, and some of my closest friends are Asian and West Indian but such is the environment in which reasonbly high levels of cricket are played, that some "racial" types of verbal abuse are inevitable . The heated climates and high stakes, added to the imense psychological side of cricket (which many believe is one of its beauties) lead to personal comments about people all the time - for example, a persons appearance (bald), weight (fat) or height (short) . These forms of verbal abuse are not considered serious in most cases and i would also take them in this vein, as i believe most of it occurs as on-field antics . But, why then, is similar abuse which uses skin-colour as the butt of a remark, so scandalous ?? I myself, being confident that i am certainly not racist, would not consider it the worst of crimes to call someone a 'lucky brown b****rd' or a 'lucky fat b****rd' if i thought it would unsettle them enough to get the wicket . A few Asian people who i have played with, that have been subjected to such taunts, gain more respect and self-confidence from ignoring such remarks, and indeed once it is found to have no affect on them, the remarks become less and less . On the whole, although racism in the everyday world, in any form is totally unacceptable, race as a form of verbal abuse in sport is an over-sensitive issue and should be looked at more leniently . Of course other racial issues regarding selection because of colour or physical abuse because of race, are totally seperate issues, and should be treated so .
- From: Ambika Nair (@ spider-wi082.proxy.aol.com)
on: Tue Feb 19 21:21:44
This remark is addressed to the league cricketer. I play no cricket and watch a bare minimum. That does not however make me ignornt of the fact that racist remarks , be they made in the heat of an argument, a drunken brawl or as you point out, a spirited match- is offensive to the listener and must remain so as long as being insulted on the basis of skin color or nationality is part of an archaic social system.I assume that you sir belong to the caucasian race and being called a fat bugger or some such mildly insulting name does not offend you mightily. However, after years of being at the receiving end of serious racial slurs and manifest injustices on that ground, I am afraid that there are many of us who object strongly to the use of the same during a game where we meet as equals.It has not been long enough, and perhaps never will, since these indignities were suffered by 'colored people' and being 'over-sensitive'to them is an occupational hazard some slur-slinging cricketers might have to face.
- From: Kajan (@ 206-47-144-49.ip.tor.radiant.net)
on: Sat Mar 16 12:46:08
Can anyone recall statements made by Steave Waugh made agaist Indians even last year ( during match refree punished Sachin and other five Indians).
Then what happened ? S Waugh was punished and he is at receiving end.
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