Perpetrators even within the game have been tolerated, indulged and celebrated so, yes, it is a problem
Jofra Archer has been an international cricketer for just over six months and has been racially abused twice. Those are just the two incidents we know about. As many people of colour will tell you, for every comment that comes to light, there will have been dozens more that go unheeded: ignored or shrugged off so as not to cause an unseemly fuss, internalised and rationalised as simply the price of doing business as a non-white athlete in 2019.
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Written by Jonathan Liew
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/nov/25/abuse-jofra-archer-racism-ingrained-in-cricket under the title “Abuse of Jofra Archer a reminder that racism remains ingrained in cricket | Jonathan Liew”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
