However, Geoffrey Toyona has simply harped on how pathetic his life was as a 'black' and how that has not worked in his favour. Understand there have been problems in South Africa, however, this guy really needs to get the context of what is being asked, rather than shoot off on apartheid and racism at every given opportunity.
Do you have any specific criticisms, or does the fact that any person of colour might talk about their experiences in terms of race seem offensive to you, somehow? From your previous posts on this topic, it seems the latter. Even mentioning the world "black" seems to trigger you, honestly.
If you try to understand what he’s actually saying, or maybe follow the SJN hearing that have been going on, you'll get it. Now I personally don’t agree with the quota system at the international level, but if a group of people is kept segregated for centuries on the basis of their skin, all the systemic inequality and racism accumulated over those centuries does not go away at the snap of a finger when their communities are treated like equal human beings again.
Systemic racism doesn’t mean that the current cricketing system is full of racists. It means that the system, as well as the entirety of South African society, was designed by racists in the apartheid era, for racist purposes, where white players would come through prestigious private schools onto the domestic and international team. Black players didn’t and still don’t have access to the same opportunities, because of socioeconomic discrimination in the apartheid era that, again, didn’t go away in the blink of an eye when Mandela was freed.
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