On one hand it seems a bit rich, I don’t know what cricket is like but footballing authorities are terrible at dealing with racism/sexism/homophobia to the point that they are just encouraging it and yet if they find something from a player when they were a kid they’ll give them a ban.
On the other hand Ollie Robinson was 18 when he made that post, I read a tweet where it was essentially saying if we just say “oh he was young” were essentially telling 18 year olds who are affected by racism that it doesn’t matter, because the white kids are young they don’t have to worry about the consequences of their actions. Also his defence was that he said it because he was young, not because of his upbringing/who he surrounded himself with and why he thought it was OK, which sort of suggests he hasn’t actually learnt why it was bad....just that it is. That old adage of just learning what not to say in public.
Theyve set a precedent and banning players is going to be the course of action now which...is what it is. I don’t feel sorry for Ollie Robinson because he finally his actions have received a consequence, but if they’re just banning him and nothing else I.e. seriously attempting to educate him then what is the point?
On a side note it’s very telling that our current government are quick to intervene in this matter yet had no problem with an inquiry that said institutional racism doesn’t exist in this country.
More hysteria is created in this country by how we punish racism and the notion of just being accused of racism than by actually trying to deal with racism itself. Similar to how people get more upset that they can’t say the N word rather than that the word is still used and still carries that meaning.
In this case Ollie Robinson shouldn’t be the victim but he is being painted as one.