So now we know that Darren Sammy was called “kaalu” by his colleagues in the IPL. There’s no chance around it; this is a racially charged nickname, and no right-thinking person can condone it.
Even if it is tough to think that Sammy wasn’t knowledgeable about meaning and context.
Still, he has actually brought to light a concern that we don’t feel comfy handling.
Sammy is the very first cricketer from the little island of St Lucia—- its other well-known boy is the poet and Nobel laureate Derek Walcott– to bet and after that captain the West Indies. He is a male with an all set smile and a mild air about him.
The International Cricket Council has in location an anti-racism policy, and nations like England have organisations and sensible guidelines to deal with racism. The ICC code uses to the Board of Control for Cricket in India and from March 2019, the IPL has actually embraced it too.
If a player makes a racist remark and is reported, he will pay a price. I am unsure if a statute of limitations applies in the Sammy case. Ishant Sharma’s Instagaram post referring to “kaalu” is from2014 Doubtless there will be others. Casual racism camouflaged as affectionate name-calling is not new.
For racism has actually never been taken seriously in India. Even Gandhi was a racist early