Contemporary Racism,

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West Indies spin bowler Sulieman Benn has been suspended for two ODIs after an on field argument with Australian Players.
Sulieman had a heated argument with two Australian players, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson. It reportedly started when Sulieman collided with Johnson while the batsman was trying to steal a run ; later on, the Australian players started arguing with Benn after the final delivery of that over . Even the Australian player pointed his bat towards Benn and they tried to get physical with him , but the match referee was partial while taking the action on this issue and he overlooked the act of the White Aussies and made Benn liable for the whole incident as he is banned for the two ODI matches and all the Aussies suffered a nominal fine.
This whole incident clearly shows that racial discrimination is still prevalent in so called developed societies of the West. Now, my question is that why the cricket board of India , Sri Lanka , West Indies & Pakistan are not taking this issue to the ICC, as the video footage clearly indicated that the White Aussies were behind the whole incident.
I condemn the Decision of the match referee and I would like BCCI to take this issue seriously and lodge a written protest to ICC .