How do I put this ... cricket attracts a certain part of our society that might be more likely to be racist. Public schools, independent schools, the aristocracy, are in general more likely to play cricket, and they traditionally have a sense of superiority and entitlement. Then there is the British history of cricket and playing the colonies, which could well continue to feed this problem. Racism might also be more prevalent in the upper echelons cricket, more so than with football, for example, where players are often largely all from poorer, working class families, and everybody is equal in poverty.
But saying all that, I have known upper class racists, wealthy middle-class church going racists, and working class racists. So, in short, racism is everywhere, the key is, how is it managed by the board of directors, managers etc. Only when there are no more racist older people in positions of power will institutional racism start to be driven from society.
And it all goes back to the old problem - most racists never admit that they have racist thoughts.
