Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
Has anyone watched this three part (each part around 20 minutes) documentary on Sky? All about black players playing for England.
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You Guys are History
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
I saw the second part in the lunch break today.
Made for some uncomfortable viewing; Illingworth's and Lever's comments about Dev were particularly wince-inducing.
Daffy seems to have discovered the secret to eternal youth though; doesn't look a day older than when he was opening the bowling.
Related article in today's Guardian:
www.theguardian.com
The first paragraph about Syd Lawrence is painful reading.
Made for some uncomfortable viewing; Illingworth's and Lever's comments about Dev were particularly wince-inducing.
Daffy seems to have discovered the secret to eternal youth though; doesn't look a day older than when he was opening the bowling.
Related article in today's Guardian:
‘I’m a cricketer, what makes me different?’ England’s black players on racism and exclusion
Forty years since the first black cricketer played for England, players open up on their experiences
www.theguardian.com
The first paragraph about Syd Lawrence is painful reading.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Oh, part two also touched on Robert Henderson's infamous Is it in the Blood? article from the Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine that our fred wrote a very interesting piece on and was discussed at length on CW here:
Racial Slur or Misunderstanding?
Racial Slur or Misunderstanding? In this feature, with the assistance of those at the eye of the storm, Martin revisits a cricketing controversy from 1995.
www.cricketweb.net
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
All three parts are on Sky Catch Up. Racism isn't something I was aware of growing up, probably because there weren't any black people around where I lived. There were adopted twin boys who appeared one day but weren't around for long, but I never gave any thought to the fact that they were black. We weren't taught anything about slavery in school. Even something that would be inconceivable today like the TV show Love Thy Neighbour I never saw as anything other than a funny programme.
Howe_zat
Audio File
Which is why this sort of attention given to it is important, no?
There are so many otherwise lucid adults in this country claiming that all talk of racism is somehow made up because if they didn’t used to hear about it, it didn’t used to exist.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
I never implied that it wasn't important or didn't happen. I just cited my experience growing up. Much of this series was about the rise and subsequent decline of the black players playing in England. 75% less black players in County Cricket now than in the 90's.