Geoffrey Boycott Slammed For Passing Racist Comment
Aug 22, 2017 at 4:39 PM
Former England player Geoffrey Boycott was slammed for passing a racial comment during a dinner event in Birmingham. Boycott, who has now become a commentator, made a controversial remark that he would be granted knighthood only if he was a “Black”. Knighthood is a title given to a man for his achievements and services. The person who has received the knighthood title can put ‘SIR’ in front of his name instead ‘MR’.
Boycott said, “Mine’s been turned down twice. I’d better black my face.”
This isn’t the first case where a commentator has been slammed for passing a racist comment, Dean Jones once called Hashim Amla a ‘terrorist’, he banned for commentating after this.
At the diner, later on, shared his grievance about the incidence at the event by saying,
“It was a crass comment. It was intended to get a laugh but it went down like a lead balloon. People were offended. Is Boycott suggesting these great West Indians got knighthoods merely because of the color of their skin? Birmingham is celebrated for its ethnic diversity and racial tolerance.”
These comments were also slammed by the local activists. Desmond Jaddoo an activist in Birmingham said,
“like something from the dark ages. They were ill-advised and ill-conceived.”
Last English cricketer to be awarded the title of knighthood was Sir Ian Botham. His statement has criticized the knighting of West Indian Cricketers liked Curtly Ambrose, Sir Vivian Richards, and Sir Garfield Sobers