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In a discussion about the 2007/08 racial furore widely known as the "Monkeygate Scandal" in which Australia's Andrew Symonds was allegedly called a "monkey" by India spinner Harbhajan Singh, Sadler was asked by Jones if she saw cricket as an "inclusive" sport.
"That's a really good question, I guess no," Sadler said. "Even reflecting on that situation as well and seeing the image of Symmo. I was only a young girl but that was only the person other than other teams internationally that was the only person of colour I would see in an Australian side.
"As a young person growing up in Australia, we're supposed to be so multicultural and multifaceted, why is there very few people of coloured faces that are playing the sport?
"Predominantly, it is a very white privileged sport as well, like white society sport. At the end of the day as well, when these situations happen it can't be just a situation and nobody is learning from that.
"We can't keep having case study after case study, there has to be action taken. At the end of the day as well, it's up to clubs to take that initiative as well."
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricke...et-confronts-race-issues-20201023-p56834.html
I dunno if this annoys you as much as me, but if Sadler wants to encourage more indigenous participation in Aust cricket, I hope she's down at her own local cricket club facilitating opportunities for indigenous kids to find a cricket pathway. There's literally no point complaining that Andrew Symonds is the only person of colour she saw in an Aust side as a kid.
"That's a really good question, I guess no," Sadler said. "Even reflecting on that situation as well and seeing the image of Symmo. I was only a young girl but that was only the person other than other teams internationally that was the only person of colour I would see in an Australian side.
"As a young person growing up in Australia, we're supposed to be so multicultural and multifaceted, why is there very few people of coloured faces that are playing the sport?
"Predominantly, it is a very white privileged sport as well, like white society sport. At the end of the day as well, when these situations happen it can't be just a situation and nobody is learning from that.
"We can't keep having case study after case study, there has to be action taken. At the end of the day as well, it's up to clubs to take that initiative as well."
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricke...et-confronts-race-issues-20201023-p56834.html
I dunno if this annoys you as much as me, but if Sadler wants to encourage more indigenous participation in Aust cricket, I hope she's down at her own local cricket club facilitating opportunities for indigenous kids to find a cricket pathway. There's literally no point complaining that Andrew Symonds is the only person of colour she saw in an Aust side as a kid.