![]() He goes on to write, “the surest sign of a man having arrived is the fact that he keeps company with people lighter in complexion than himself”. They were for the most part white and often wealthy.”Īnd so he goes on to describe the hierarchy of teams in the island of Trinidad, demonstrating a particularly sharp analysis of the interplay between class and race, a CLR specialty if there ever was one. All big matches were played on their private ground, The Queens Park Oval. It was the boss of the island’s cricket relations with other islands and visiting international teams. Top of the list was the Queen’s Park club. He writes, “The various first class clubs represented the different social strata in the island within clearly defined bounds. The hierarchy of shadism governing the islands of the West Indies is made most explicit on the cricket field. The cricket field is where the great Marxist thinker first receives his political education. It was, along with most other sports, a deeply political activity. ![]()
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