It's Not Banter, It's Racism - What Cricket's Dirty Secret Reveals About Our Society

Informationen zum Autor Azeem Rafiq is a cricketer who played for Yorkshire CCC for two stints between 2008 and 2018. In 2012 he became the first player of Asian origin to captain Yorkshire in a senior game. In September 2020, Rafiq made accusations of racism and bullying at Yorkshire and an independent report found that a number of his accusations were true. The case became a major media story in the United Kingdom. It led to a number of resignations at the club and was the subject of investigations by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in the British parliament. Klappentext The bold debut book by whistleblower and activist, Azeem Rafiq, who started a nationwide conversation when he spoke up against racism in cricket. Vorwort The bold debut book by whistleblower and activist, Azeem Rafiq, who started a nationwide conversation when he spoke up against racism in cricket. Zusammenfassung The bold debut book by whistleblower and activist, Azeem Rafiq, who started a nationwide conversation when he spoke up against racism in cricket.

Product details

• Authors: Azeem Rafiq
• Publisher: Trapeze
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2023
• EAN: 9781398712409
• ISBN: 978-1-398-71240-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; cricket, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cricket, Autobiography: sport, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism