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From: art news Category: Art Date: 18 January 2010 Time: 06:20 AM Review: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jan/17/germaine-greer-elles-pompidou The thing is how do you sort out the remains of prejudice without being unfair. Black guys could not play in the South Africa cricket team for years, didn't get funding, opportunities, lived in ghettos etc etc, because of a racist state, and now all the cricket commentators get really upset that one black guy has to be in the team. Historical and still existing prejudices (sexism, racism you name it) don't just sort themselves out once you have equal legal rights (power and habits accumulate over generations) but on the other hand it always is going to be a bit hypocritical to discriminate even positively. But it's probably the best of a lot of bad options. Better perhaps to sort out the problem at an earlier stage, invest a lot of money in cricket academies in black areas, teach kids that men and women have equal talents and options and should be able to take risks equally (like being an artist!).