Post-colonial xenophobia and the Yorkshire cricket scandal

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Al-Araby

In the UK, a racism scandal at the heart of one of the country’s biggest county cricket clubs has meant the spectre of racism against the South Asian community and the racist P-slur has reared its ugly head this week, but for many in the Asian community, it never really went away. Yorkshire Cricket Club faced a backlash after a report into a culture of racism described the use of the P-slur against former Yorkshire captain Azeem Rafiq as “banter” which warranted no further action. It was one of a catalogue of racist incidents Rafiq claimed he had faced at the club which he said left him feelin…

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