For the 50,000th time it is not.
Assuming you're not serious.
He will if a batsman gets a minor injury, which must have a high probability.
My wife is only a casual follower of cricket, but her response was "isn't he a Pacific Islander? Oh my God that is so racist."
The only people affected by racial stereotypes are the ones who have this reaction. Taylor has said many times in interviews that his favourite food is KFC. Scott Styris, as a former team mate of his, would know how much of a fan of the Colonel's secret recipe Rossco is, hence his comment.
Well it's her interpretation of it that's racist not the comment itself. Tbf on your wife, she probably doesn't know that Taylor goes out of his way to joke about his love for KFC in just about every casual interview he does.
I'd say out of context it's racist, but as Ross is a self professed KFC true believer, it isn't in this case.
Nah, I don't think Styris crossed the line at all with that one, it was just a well-timed reference & yes it would have been quite different referring to Dougie's love for beer or the fact Dan & Kane swapped undies.
In-jokes are a dangerous area in broadcast. God knows what Sri Lankan fans or an international neutral may have thought Styris meant.
Yeah I know, just thought that one was shy of the red-zone, because it can explained quite easily & it's hardly offensive. Will be interesting if the PC media brigade do pick up on it though.
I imagine most Sri Lankans, unaware of the racial stereotypes about polynesians and KFC, would've assumed that he meant that Taylor really likes KFC.
You are right about my wife. I have heard Taylor comment on KFC myself, but I still feel it cuts the line a bit. In the same way it is never okay for a white American to comment on a black American's love of water-melon - even if that black American genuinely does love the stuff - it is not really okay for a white New Zealander to comment on a Pacific Islander's love of KFC. It may be true, but it is usually only said to reinforce an existing racial stereotype.
May have just thought Styris was calling him fat. Or with the way stereotypes work, the KFC/polynesian link might be exactly what they thought. That isn't really the point.
