Kevin Pietersen and reverse racism in South Africa

Posted by Guessedworker on Monday, 04 December 2006 23:55.

A major story in Australia that has been little reported in England is the accusation by England’s South African-born batsman Kevin Pietersen of racism and corruption in the SA cricket authority. The game’s international administrators have stuck together and are now threatening Pietersen with two investigations:-

KEVIN PIETERSEN may be investigated by the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit after alleging that the game in South Africa is corrupt.

England’s best batsman is also facing possible sanctions from the England and Wales Cricket Board for claiming South African cricket is racist.

The statements were part of a wide-ranging interview by the South African-born Pietersen which appeared in the South African edition of GQ magazine.

... His comments have created a storm of protest in South Africa, with a furious Cricket South Africa writing to the ECB and the ICC demanding action.

Pietersen may face the serious charge of bringing the game into disrepute, which covers inappropriate public comment. It carries penalties ranging from a ban of two to four Tests or four to eight one-day matches.

... Pietersen has been claiming for several years that he was forced out of the game in South Africa because of racist policies against white players. There is a quota system where each first-class team in South Africa is expected to contain at least four non-white players.

During the magazine interview he also professed his admiration for the late Hansie Cronje, who was banned for life after a match-fixing hearing, and claimed that Cronje was a scapegoat for other players who were not punished.

In separate letters, Cricket SA has demanded the ICC’s anti-corruption unit investigate Pietersen and the ECB discipline him for his continued charges of racism against the country’s cricket system.

... There are concerns Pietersen’s comments are being used by right wing elements in South Africa to subvert the reconciliation process in cricket.

Denying he is racist, Pietersen told GQ what he thought of the appointment of Ashwell Prince, a coloured player, to captain South Africa in the absence of an injured Smith: “I just thought it was further evidence that things were going downhill.

“It’s got nothing to do with the colour of his skin. It’s just that better players are being left out for political reasons and until that system changes, South African sport will continue to go downhill.

“I’ve got some mates who are now on the fringes of playing domestic cricket in South Africa who are better than three or four of those players in the South African side.

“I’ve got a very good mate who is actually a better player than me, who is now working for (SA Breweries), because he can’t get into the side for political reasons and that’s wrong.”

Pietersen came to England six years ago and had to wait patiently for four years to qualify to play for the English national side. To my mind that’s a pretty sincere statement, and commends his views to be taken seriously.

Of course, it isn’t difficult to find corroborating evidence. Here’s SA Sport Minister Makhenkesi Stofile reflecting in 2005 on the failures of the SA rugby authority in its political duty to blacks:-

Sport Minister Makhenkesi Stofile has again accused administrators of failing to implement racial transformation in sporting codes, specifically rugby, SABC news reported on Wednesday.

“I have looked at the Saru (SA Rugby Union) constitution and it is totally ‘deurmekaar’ (confused). It is not designed to transform anything,” said Stofile.

He said he did not care whether he was labelled a “reverse racist”.

“You can call us reverse racists, that’s your business. If racism was an imbalanced form of planning and distribution of resources, then I’m very willing to be a reverse racist in order to reverse that imbalance,” he said.

But the presumption that a racial “imbalance” in “resources”, or playing talent, exists in rugby and cricket, and must be “transformed”, IS racist. That’s the whole point about racism, reverse or otherwise ... it is a presumption, a pre-judgement. The only justification for Stofile’s racism would be if the black “resources” are not only pre-judged to be as fully capable as the white players they displace, but actually turn out to be so. They don’t. Kevin Pietersen, however, stands at the pinnacle of the world game. Stofile stands exposed as a racist idealogue.

I will try to keep abreast of the story in England to see what the EWCB and ICC conclude from their investigations. It may not be a just outcome.

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Comments:

Posted by Johan Van Vlaams on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:29 | #

A quota system in SA sport, can someone qualify this otherwise than reverse racism? And of course the black SA establishment is now criminalizing Pietersen. That’s the way it always goes.

Posted by Johan Van Vlaams on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:22 | #

BTW, listen to the most popular song (gold award, heading for platinum) among the Boere Afrikaners these days in the following video clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGh4lA1S7yc

It is a phrase out of the popular song: http://www.vetseun.co.za/anarkans/bladsy/bokvanblerk.htm#dlr
De La Rey, De La Rey sal jy die Boere kom lei?
(Eng.: De La Rey, will you come to lead the Boers?)

Posted by Al Ross on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:34 | #

The future for Whites in SA is so doom-laden that I’m surprised that so many remain in what used to be a beautiful country.

Granted, the Boers have few options but there are still a large number of ‘Anglos’ around and, although they are reviled by the neo-Bolshevik Government, their numbers are not diminishing as quickly as one might have thought racially convenient.

Just as we can extrapolate China’s future economic prosperity, so are we able to predict South Africa’s future degradation and penury, conditions so natural for Africans that they should occasion nothing more in the way of Western attention than a cacophonous concert by Bono’s band.

Posted by Al Ross on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:42 | #

Apropos South Africa, Friedrich Braun’s always-interesting journal (http://www.thecivicplatform.com) has an apposite item on that country’s IQ profile.

Posted by Snouck on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:57 | #

Thanks for posting that song Mr. Van Vlaams.

Powerful stuff.

These days political correctness is as bad amongst Afrikaners as in Europe. Actually it may be worse.

Regards,

Snouck

Posted by Johan Van Vlaams on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:06 | #

Concerning Friedrich Braun’s journal:

The whites in South Africa thought that while they had a good relationship with their servants, that there was no harm in handing over political power. Especially in the South (liberal university of Stellenbosch). Apparently the coloureds in the south, who also speak Afrikaans, were not envisaged as too dangerous. But then came the ANC - Xhosa rule. Mind you, the Xhosas are the most primitive among the blacks. And meanwhile the South African Broadcasting Corporation, the ANC mouthpiece, spits its hatred towards the whites on a daily base…

Moreover don’t forget that those white people were not politically formed, except by the bible (only the new testament unfortunately). A little history. The first 90 Afrikaner settlers came from Haarlem in the Netherlands and were of Flemish descent. Religious fugitives, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans
A kind of Pilgrim Fathers. Apparently to be too devout can be a disadvantage…

Correction: South Africa, number of inhabitants: 47,432,000 (estimate 2005)

Posted by snouck on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:43 | #

Louis se vriende Johan Vorster (26) en Sean Else (32) het dit toe geskryf.>

Sean:
‘‘Hoe meer hul kultuur onderdruk word, hoe meer raak Afrikaners ‘n hegte eenheid. Ons krag lê nou in ons kultuur, nie in politiek nie. Dit het my laat dink die tyd is reg om vir die Afrikaner ‘n ongelooflike deel van sy geskiedenis te wys, ‘n tyd toe legendes op die slagveld gebore is.’‘

Mr. Van Vlaams, I read the above text on a Newsgroup:
Sean Else (the songwriter): “The more their culture is repressed, the more Afrikaners become unified. Our strength now lies in our culture, not in politics. This has led me to the conclusion that the time is right to pay attention to an uncredible part of his history, a time when legends were born on the battlefield”.

Mr. Else wrote this song in minutes. The video was shot in 2 days at his farm in the Eastern Freestate. The extras came from the surrounding countryside as volunteers.

The lyrics communicate a sense of doom. The Boer fighters sing that they will “fall around the general (General Koos de la Rey)”

Posted by Johan Van Vlaams on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:48 | #

Nevertheless most Boere Afrikaners testify that the song makes their flesh creep and they sing it again and again and again.

Posted by Piet on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:16 | #

Why the word Racist should be banned

The word “racist” is actually derogatory hate-speech. Non-Europeans and liberals keep telling the world that only Europeans can be “racists”, and that non-Europeans are always on the receiving end of “racism”. This makes the word “racist” a standard word to discredit and insult Europeans. The insulting term “racist” should therefore be banned and the use criminalized.

There is also no proper definition of the word “racist”.

When blacks call Europeans racists, it is always done in an attempt to discredit and insult the European. It is therefore clearly hate speach.

Should blacks disagree with this, they need to indicate to us where blacks were punished for being racists towards Europeans.

Posted by Fred Scrooby on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:55 | #

Piet’s got a few things pretty well nailed down, there. Good job, Piet!

Posted by Angela on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:54 | #

Don’t be surprised if the English media play down Pietersen’s on-field achievements and play up his mistakes - which in this game are inevitable. Despite that he is one of England’s best players.

It ‘s a classic example of the Liberal dilemma. Leave the talented guy and lose the game, or include him and annoy blacks and their supporters.

Posted by Glen on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:25 | #

“The word ‘racist’ is actually derogatory hate-speech.”

You bet it is. “Racist” is to White as “n*gger” is to Negro. We need brief, cutting pejoratives of our own to use in response. The welfare of our children depends on it.

Posted by Fred Scrooby on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:40 | #

“The word ‘racist’ is actually derogatory hate-speech.” You bet it is. “Racist” is to White as “n*gger” is to Negro. (—Glen)

This is actually very true. I’d never thought of it before but this is, in large measure, exactly the purpose of the word “racist.” Thank you, Glen and the others, for communicating that very helpful insight.

Posted by Glen on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:03 | #

Fred,

I’m searching for a cutting, one or two-syllable response to “racist” and another one for “anti-Semite.” The term “White-basher” doesn’t have the necessary punch, IMO, because it has too many syllables, the term is without negative class implications, and the evil implied is less than that of “racist.”

In other words, I’d rather be guilty of White-bashing than racism. Wouldn’t you?

The following is how I think about the words I’m searching for:

In the case of non-Whites, “racist” is to White as “n*gger” is to Negro or “sp*c” is to Mexican (or mestizo). That’s because, to non-Whites, only Whites can be racist. Therefore, the word we’re searching for must be applicable to all non-Whites.

In terms of class, “racist” is to White as “greed” is to wealth and “unearned” is to privilege. In passing the buck the wealthy behave as if only white trash can be racist. Thus the word we’re looking for should have negative class implications toward the wealthy or easily be combined with one that does.

In the case of Jews, however, “anti-Semite” is to goy as “k*ke” is to Jew. That’s because only goys can be anti-Semitic. Jewish “anti-Semites” are actually “self-hating.” So, we need a word to describe the Jewish hatred and manipulation of goys – both White and non-White.

If the logic for any of the above is off, feel free to advise.

Posted by Kobus_ek_haat_kaffers on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:36 | #

Ek haat kaffers. Hulle is racist teen die wit mense. Mandela is n poes en mbeki ook. Hulle naai hulle ma’s.

Ons moet saam staan! Ek is gatvol. Hoeweel wit mense is daar in suid afrika en hoeveel souties en hoeveel… indians etc. Fight for your rights!

Posted by Kobus_ek_haat_kaffers on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:39 | #

ek sommer n paar kaffers bliksem. ek is gatvol.

Delarey jou bliksem! Jy is die beste.

The jews stick together. The porras stick together. The greeks aswell. The indians. The muslims….. Why can’t we boere do the same?

Posted by Mzukisi Matinise on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:31 | #

Yho you guys are racists!!! “Ek haat kaffers”...PLZ, I repeat again, PLZ, never ever call black people KAFFERS again!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Fred Scrooby on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:17 | #

You should dwell less on the names people use to refer to Negroes, Mzukisi, and more on what Negroes can do to improve their situation in Africa and elsewhere: Negroes worldwide are in an extremely bad position. Don’t worry about names. Get working on the substance and the trivialities will sort themselves out.

Posted by Wade on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:20 | #

In Response to KP about Ashwell Prince.

If the twat had checked Ashwell’s Prince’s stats he would have seen that Ashwell had the highest batting average and scored the most runs in domestic cricket at the time. But being a stupid damn c *&t he did not. He probably cant read, must be in the genes, probablly got from Jannie his father….

You can’t honestly tell me that choosing Herschell Gibbs, Charl Langeveldt and Ntini is racist towards whites > what planet are you on ? Check their stats ! How did people like AB, Kemp and Nel then make the team. As soon as you dont have dont have an oom working at the place and cant get smokkeled in then you complain like little bitches that you are.

Back in the day when koos, jan, piet, ertjie, stoffel, doos, riaan and the other stupid boers were playing and no blacks were playing then it was not racism ?????? How quickly you forget that.

Kobus, shame, you are indeed a calender boy for stupid dutchmen. What rights do you think you have to fight for ? Wake up and smell the coffee.

Posted by Fred Scrooby on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:42 | #

”[Boers,] fight for your rights!” (—Kobus)

“The jews stick together. The porras stick together. The greeks as well. The indians. The muslims….. Why can’t we boere do the same?” (—Kobus)

“Kobus, shame, you are indeed a calender boy for stupid dutchmen. What rights do you think you have to fight for ? Wake up and smell the coffee.” (—Wade)

Maybe that’s just it, Wade — maybe he’s done exactly that, woken up and smelled the coffee. In fact, we can smell it all the way over here in the States. It smells pretty bad, to put if frankly.

May we know your own race, Wade? (My guess is you’re white.)

Posted by Ben on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:12 | #

I am white but spent 24 years fighting the minority white regime in South Africa. I never asked for any reward but financially it ruined me. I am now 61 years old with no pension and only occasional work. However, when I see the crap written by the defeated racists I know my life wasn’t wasted. They were (and still are) evil vermin and I rejoice they were soundly beaten and the country taken back from them.

Posted by Guessedworker on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:42 | #

Are you Jewish, Ben? A communist? There’s something in your tone that doesn’t sit right with me, as if you cannot ascribe humanity to others. No people are vermin, incidentally. We do not allow such language here.

Posted by Lurker on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:11 | #

So, Ben, you look at South Africa as it is now and feel proud?

Or do you look at SA and realise that reality has made a sick joke out of your whole life and beliefs?

Posted by Top on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:57 | #

Ben, as if blacks are going to be less racist than anything that was there previously. When blacks take power it’s lights out for whites. At least when whites have power then the black population grows and blacks live better than in any other African country. But maybe that’s too much reality for someone like you. Are you jewsih?

Posted by Infg on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:11 | #

Noted the other day that S.A. is referred to a a “developing” country by the UN. Funny ain’t it. Thirty tears ago it was classified a developed country. Guess that means it’s going backwards.

Posted by Al Ross on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:47 | #

The ‘crap written by the defeated racists’ which occasions you confidently to claim that your life wasnt wasted, will, of course impact severely on your day-to-day existence, whereas the multifarious criminal activities of the stupid Black savages for whose interests you bravely ‘spent 24 years fighting’ will doubtless cause nary a sleepless night.

Never mind, there’s always racism-free Israel, eh Ben?