Six Asians in the West Indies Test team

[mikesiva]

I'm not raising this as a platform for racial one-upmanship, which occurs on a certain unnamed messageboard....

I just think that because the West Indies is the only truly racially diverse Test team (South Africa is slowing getting there), the ethnicity of the West Indies team is always a subject of historical discussion.

Wouldn't you agree, Maps? After all, ethnicity was at the root of the whole debate over the WICBC's reluctance to appoint Frank Worrell as captain, a travesty which was eventually corrected, thanks to a public campaign led by the likes of the excellent CLR James.

For that reason, I thought I would highlight this record that was set today:

For the first time ever, the Windies have put out a side that includes six players of Asian origin - Adrian Barath (Trinidad), Asad Fudadin (Guyana), Narsing Deonarine (Guyana), Denesh Ramdin (Trinidad), Ravi Rampaul (Trinidad), and Sunil Narine (Trinidad).

[DMan]

Mike you RACIAL SOB.

[mapoui]

this is now Indos time. I am sooprised it took so long....and that is not as solid as it ought to be for the quality of Indo players is lacking. and it ought not to be by historical precedent.

at this time we should ACTUALLY BE OVERWHELMED BY CLASS PLAYERS OF INDO DESCENT, TAKING OVER THE WHOLE TEAM

Ramdin keeping, Rampaul, narine, Shive, sars are the real articles. all others are suspect.

afros have declined with the failure of westindian neo-colonialism. the dominant social group are now Indos and their rise must be and is reflected accordingly in all that is done in the westindies...the society as a whole, cricket no exception

afros have failed, chosing to continue in rotten subservience to forrin domination.

such forrin domination meant they had to keep on subduing ordinary afros in the interest of forrin profit. so the westindies looks like america with tons and tons of unemployed afros, jails full of them, rampant drug trade and police brutality everywhere.

things are so bad and so like forrin that forrin white men actually run the police in some territories, just like the police are run ah forrin. blac men in particular are run and chased by the police all over the westindies...blac policmen, directed by whites, terrorising blac men.

there is very little as uausl working in the ineterest of afros in the westindies and the group has delined castastrophically over the 50 years of independence . we were on a rise up to achieving sham independence. the trut of independence has driven us down and and almost out of regional social contention

in the meantime Indos with an internal comunity based affirmative/ethnmocentric program have risen up. at the point of the final and complete failure of the old way..and the old blac elites have nothing to offer in the face of the global failure of capitalism that has ripped the westindian economy apart.

the are involved only in trying to save themselves by more of their untenable system which means more lockdown and destruction of their own people.

can the people who run the wicb save the westindna afro population. they are so stupid they are not even aware their the very policies they develop and implement are killing the very same

nothing that they do promotes the rise of afros only the downpressing of afros. and cricket is the perfect example. they supress gayle, make it hard of big Bravo and all the real afro talent while they promote the yes men who are no damm good.

that type of crap is now so dominat in afro westindian life that there are no more radical people with ideas, drive and commitment to the westindies and its development. they have killed the progressive side of afro life and all thats left are the miss-educated Ph.d's lawyers, techers etc..all more white than white people themselves...the same assholes they promote...people like Gibson, Buttsy, Richardson, Tony Howard, Hillary Beckles, Sammy, Hillaire, and on and on and on in all areas of the regional life

there are no more CLR James, Tony Martins, Padmores and the great ones comin through... mostly druggies, jailbirds,uneducated generally broken afros, no chance, making collectively no future for a people, losing all our previous generations suffered slavery and more for.

only Indos are fit enough to assume whaveter that is westindian. there are no other fit people whom we can call westindians. in a short time with the passing of this genration..skunt hunter and dem there will be no more blac people vene qualified to run the region as a reuslt of all they ahev done to blac people over the last 50 years.

our own blac neo-colonial elite in sham independence have been the last straw that broke the backs of their own people. Indos inherit the region now. its their time. there are no more competitve afros.

it is Indo time now..just like it was our at the point of sham indepence. we made a pigs breakfast of our opportunity and now its almost gone.

that at any rate is how I see it.

we had to build an independent and unified, ethnically diverse society in which the place of afros would have been guranteed by a democratic and prosperous system. it was the only way. they chose to simply replace ole marse in situ, take over his old administrative positions and colonilaist structure, and run the region as if nothing had changed but their accession to the administrative power.

and in their administrative role, seeing after the business of forrin marse they had to continue exploiting and running their own people down. the consequence of that...the complete loss of a decent place for us in the region, a degraded, drug ridden, criminal, murdrous, doh care damm, backward, stupid, incompetent and incapable, unhealthy people, who cannot maintain and advance its place in regional society.

thats the crime of skunt eric williams and all of those supposed fathers of indepence..a crime against society really. piss on all of their graves traitors all...

indos have done right by and for themselves. they are not perfect and there is much to critique about them. but they had their collective responsibility and they have carried it out.

there is nothing negative about the rise of indos. we had the same job to do, the same collective responsibility and the same opportunity but betrayed it..we are still betraying it.

so be it. horse racing time. the belmont. later!

will edit and correct all that needs to be later

[DMan]

Maps I think you should write a book. You can probably get enough of your posts on here to indeed write a book.

[bossman19TT]

maps enlightenin again

[mikesiva]

Mike you RACIAL SOB.

Interesting analysis maps....

I think it might also be fair to say that afro-caribbean youngsters are moving towards sports such as football and athletics. Indo-caribbean youngsters still see cricket as their number one sport.

[mapoui]

Mike you RACIAL SOB.

Interesting analysis maps....

I think it might also be fair to say that afro-caribbean youngsters are moving towards sports such as football and athletics. Indo-caribbean youngsters still see cricket as their number one sport.

my point is all is not well with blac youth...with afro westindian. far from it! just look at the scholastic rolls. Indos do not play soccer much and have never been world beaters in athletics.

but afros are in trouble in the westindies. not for nothing has Dr Tondy Martin ask the question: are we an endangered species?

[Arnik]

Maps I think you should write a book. You can probably get enough of your posts on here to indeed write a book.

Maybe bally needs to follow twitter and limit posts to less than a certain number of words. Who have time to read long winded posts.

[mapoui]

clearly not you.

have yu ever commented on this msb in a manner that contributes to understanding anything at all.

have yu ever said anythng that has not been attack on opinions or posterS you do not like..?

have yu ever told us why?


have yu ever made a considered conclusion of a comprehensive nature on any relevant issue on this board and left it to the scrutiny of others?

let me ask you this question then..not a personal one but this..relevant to the windy post above: WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS LONG -WINDED?

YOU MUST BE ABLE TO TELL US WHY OR YOUR CRITIQUE IS IN FACT WHAT IS WINDY, TOTALLY MEANINGLES... AND IRRELEVANT FOR YOU IMPLY YOU HAVE NOT READ. AND IF YOU HAVE NOTR READ IT HOW CAN YOU COMMENT ON IT?

[Arnik]

clearly not you.
have yu ever commented on this msb in a manner that contributes to understanding anything at all.
have yu ever said anythng that has not been attack on opinions or posterS you do not like..?
have yu ever told us why?
have yu ever made a considered conclusion of a comprehensive nature on any relevant issue on this board and left it to the scrutiny of others?
let me ask you this question then..not a personal one but this..relevant to the windy post above: WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS LONG -WINDED?
YOU MUST BE ABLE TO TELL US WHY OR YOUR CRITIQUE IS IN FACT WHAT IS WINDY, TOTALLY MEANINGLES... AND IRRELEVANT FOR YOU IMPLY YOU HAVE NOT READ. AND IF YOU HAVE NOTR READ IT HOW CAN YOU COMMENT ON IT?

With all due respect my reply to bally was not aimed at you. If you construed it as such then I apologize.