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Re: BBC cricket presenter: Asians should pass the Tebbit test - boquiesse - 12-07-2014
Tebbit was a racist arsehole for dem you aint know.
Is the racism that kept asian players on the fringes still there? Me aint know.
Re: BBC cricket presenter: Asians should pass the Tebbit test - anandgb - 12-07-2014
It does not matter that he is racist. He call is a good one.
But most Indians dream of representing India or Pakistani Pakistan. But their chances are greater in England anyway.
Re: BBC cricket presenter: Asians should pass the Tebbit test - boquiesse - 12-07-2014
Quote:[size=1.35em]Racial segregation has been well-documented in Yorkshire, one of the country's cricketing heartlands, where hundreds of Asian players compete in teams in Leeds, Huddersfield and Bradford as part of the Quaid-I-Azam League. Despite the level of enthusiasm among Asian Yorkshiremen, no native Asian has ever made the grade with Yorkshire County Cricket Club.[/size]