Racial Insensitivity
in
New Zealand
Team: Here Is What
Taylor
Said
Ross Taylor has left everyone shocked by his statement in his autobiography
: "Ross Taylor: Black & white"
He opened up about how he faced racism while being a top-notch batsman of New Zealand's cricket team
He stated that the game in New Zealand was "
a pretty white sport
" and he experienced hateful racism comments in the dressing room
Ross Taylor is a Black & white individual who has
Samoan heritage on his mother's
side
He also mentioned that he "for much of his carrier he had been an
anomaly a brown face in a vanilla line up
"
He also mentioned that he with
some other teammates
also faced these issues in the cricket team
He even mentioned that it was no surprise that people sometimes mistaken him assuming a
Maori
or
Indian
A particular statement that one of his teammate commented was
"you are a half good guy, Ross, but which half is good?"
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