Dunedin City, SHAME! In a world of ironic and risque advertising Dunedin and Otago Cricket thought they would dust off an old classic, racism. Funnily enough when I used to see billboards in Auckland's North Shore with the bourgeois middle aged couple advertising Dunedin as the getaway from the big smoke, I used to joke that the coded message was "It's All White Here". Now we can bust out our white robes and tattoo it on our foreheads. But wait our poor city is under siege by the PC police, quick call Debra Coddington she'll know what to do.
Anyway It's hard to know how to express how one feels as a result of this mind fuck. I know we do have Cadbury's here why not rename ourselves, "Chocolate City"! One Nation Under a Groove.
Tune in to here Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin as he responds to criticism. Also Victoria University Associate Professor in Media Studies and quasi-cricket historian, Tony Schirato on the colonial and race politics of cricket. Also Dr Vern Andrews on the history of racism towards the black athlete and the NZ context.
Download interview with the Mayor
Download interview with Tony Schirato
Download interview with Vern Andrews
Playlist
RIP Mama Afrika, Miriam Makeba (1932-2008)
Miriam Makeba - Jolinkomo
Gregory Issacs - Sinner Man
Roy Ayers - Red Black and Green
The Coup - Ass Breath Killers
Miriam Makeba - Soweto Blues
Cornell Campbell - Natty Don't Go
Mumia All-Stars - Mumia 911
Fela Kuti - Witchcraft
Rakka Iriscience - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Miriam Makeba - Talking & Dialoguing
Ice Cube - Bird In The Hand
Rod Taylor - True History
Bill Withers - Harlem
Miriam Makeba - Mas Qa Nada
Stevie Wonder - Black Man
RA Rugged Man - White & Black
