C'mon seriously, how can a Sth African call an Australian a racist and keep a straight face. Maybe its becuase, in their eyes, this whole integration idea isn't as bad/painful as they first thought. Especially when you consider, in Sth Africa, it doesn't appear as much has actually changed. I was there in 2005 and basically the majority of the blacks still live in glorified chook sheds and the old master/servant relationship is still alive and well.
Don't let all the warm and fuzzies that the white Sth Africans cricketers show towards their black counterparts fool you. In the eyes of the majority of Afrikaans, black Sth Africans are still looked on as second class citizens.
Hypocrites.
South Africa points the finger at 'racist' Aussies
Peter Lalor
January 05, 2006
IT was a family day out for movie star Russell Crowe, but he was nowhere near The Hill during the third day of the Sydney Test.
As Crowe was spending a relaxed afternoon in the members' stand with son Charlie, 2, South Africa fast bowler Andre Nel was complaining of racial taunts and abuse by members of the crowd.
Nel told his captain Graeme Smith, who notified the umpires before the tea break, who passed on the complaint to ICC match referee Chris Broad after the day's play. The South African players have complained about racial abuse during all three Tests this summer. One man was ejected from the MCG for taunting the players.
Crowe, whose wife Danielle Spencer is pregnant with their second child, allowed Charlie to play alongside the Australian players' dressing rooms, where he spoke to spin king Shane Warne through a window.
The sports-mad Oscar winner was later joined by Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger, who has also returned to Australia with partner Michelle Williams for the summer. British television host Michael Parkinson was among the other stars in the stands, alongside a holidaying John Howard and wife Janette.
The Prime Minister only recently defended Australians against a charge of underlying racism after the riots in Cronulla.
When Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland heard of the incident, he asked that an announcement be made at the ground and another be posted on the scoreboard condemning the racist taunts.
South Africa coach Mick Arthur said Australia was the only place where his team was subjected to racist taunts.
"We feel once it becomes a racist taunt then the boundaries have been overstepped, and the South African cricket team categorically deplores that kind of behaviour," Arthur said.
A team spokesman added: "The team management remain disappointed and distressed by the continual racist behaviour by certain elements within the crowds in Australia and have once more requested adequate security be provided to the South African players. "Such unruly behaviour is unacceptable."
Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who made his 27th Test century earlier in the day, again asked cricket supporters to behave themselves.
"I had my bit to say after the Perth game and you would think the crowds around Australia would sit back and listen to just how unacceptable it is," he said. "There is nothing the players can do about it, but I'll sit here again tonight and ask the crowd to show a bit more respect to the South Africans."
Don't let all the warm and fuzzies that the white Sth Africans cricketers show towards their black counterparts fool you. In the eyes of the majority of Afrikaans, black Sth Africans are still looked on as second class citizens.
Hypocrites.
South Africa points the finger at 'racist' Aussies
Peter Lalor
January 05, 2006
IT was a family day out for movie star Russell Crowe, but he was nowhere near The Hill during the third day of the Sydney Test.
As Crowe was spending a relaxed afternoon in the members' stand with son Charlie, 2, South Africa fast bowler Andre Nel was complaining of racial taunts and abuse by members of the crowd.
Nel told his captain Graeme Smith, who notified the umpires before the tea break, who passed on the complaint to ICC match referee Chris Broad after the day's play. The South African players have complained about racial abuse during all three Tests this summer. One man was ejected from the MCG for taunting the players.
Crowe, whose wife Danielle Spencer is pregnant with their second child, allowed Charlie to play alongside the Australian players' dressing rooms, where he spoke to spin king Shane Warne through a window.
The sports-mad Oscar winner was later joined by Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger, who has also returned to Australia with partner Michelle Williams for the summer. British television host Michael Parkinson was among the other stars in the stands, alongside a holidaying John Howard and wife Janette.
The Prime Minister only recently defended Australians against a charge of underlying racism after the riots in Cronulla.
When Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland heard of the incident, he asked that an announcement be made at the ground and another be posted on the scoreboard condemning the racist taunts.
South Africa coach Mick Arthur said Australia was the only place where his team was subjected to racist taunts.
"We feel once it becomes a racist taunt then the boundaries have been overstepped, and the South African cricket team categorically deplores that kind of behaviour," Arthur said.
A team spokesman added: "The team management remain disappointed and distressed by the continual racist behaviour by certain elements within the crowds in Australia and have once more requested adequate security be provided to the South African players. "Such unruly behaviour is unacceptable."
Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who made his 27th Test century earlier in the day, again asked cricket supporters to behave themselves.
"I had my bit to say after the Perth game and you would think the crowds around Australia would sit back and listen to just how unacceptable it is," he said. "There is nothing the players can do about it, but I'll sit here again tonight and ask the crowd to show a bit more respect to the South Africans."
