Saturday, November 22, 2008



Anger over 'all white' slogan for cricket match

We read:
"A New Zealand cricket association has apologised for using the line "It's all white here" in a marketing campaign for a Test match involving the West Indies. Otago cricket chief executive Ross Dykes said the slogan for the Dunedin Test was not intended to be racist but referred to the cricketers' clothing. "We just wanted a catchy phrase to help sell the game," he told the Otago Daily Times. "It was all based around the association of the colour with cricket."

Dykes emailed the West Indies team and board and said he would be "mortified" if anyone thought the slogan was intended to be a slur. "I respect the opinions of others who may well think that it is insensitive," he said. "To those people I apologise."

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Apparently, New Zealand didn't get the memo telling them that using the word White is now considered a slur. I wonder how long it will be before simply being White will be illegal?

"The world is being changed while the people sleep. They will then awaken and ask, what has happened to my world? And the answer will be, you gave it away."

Anonymous said...

I think some people have a new hobby, being offended over every little thing they can. I only wish I had that much time on my hands.

Anonymous said...

Frankly, it amazes me just how many stupid remarks are made today.

Anonymous said...

he should have told them "I have utter contempt for those who think it is a slur and will never apologise to them".

Anonymous said...

What we're seeing here is the result of political correctness, the insidious virus that is eroding our freedoms, changing our language, and altering every aspect of how we live our lives.

PC has become a bigger threat to freedom-loving people than is terrorism, yet they both rely on the same fuel to power them and make them grow and expand, the weakness of the people. This will not stop, especially now that the far-left is in control of the entire US govt.

Some day, historians will look back and wonder how so many, allowed so few, to exert so much control.

Anonymous said...

Anon 5 is absolutely right. I am sick of the way people keep apologising to anyone who claims to be offended; it is an admittance of guilt if nothing else. If the response in every case was to ridicule the complainer then perhaps these idiotic complaints might stop.