And then Jogesh you choose this particular post to try to make a political/historical point about metaculture, and not in a pleasant way either! You know I am with you Jogesh, I have told you this before, even though I am as ‘whitey’ as you can get, but seriously dude if you don’t choose your battlefronts more carefully you are going to wind up being about as relevant as the Warner Bros cartoon Tasmanian Devil.

Racism sucks, we all agree on that and there may well be closet racists in the media and even cricketing establishments of some countries but I think cricket is actually better than most areas of society.

It’s not only whitey who can be racist, by the way.
It wasn’t the ‘Aryan Supermen’ of the Australian team calling an opponent a monkey (have you looked at a team photo lately? They’re the most bizzare, freaky mix of genetic material than I’ve seen for some time)

Not that it should matter, but I’m of mixed race myself. A mongrel and proud of it!

As I said in a comment some days ago on chucking, its absurd to call spinners since theres no chance of bodily harm – they toss the ball up, not down.

With your son – none at all. I just used Paddles’ comment as an excuse. You arent getting the point, its not about you admiring Chandra, or me thinking Jonty is the most awesome fielder there ever was, its about typical whitey reporting and creation of stereotypes and myths.
Since you want a reference, try Said’s Orientalism for starters.