Title: Dancing on our bones : New Zealand, South Africa, rugby and racism /
Authors: Richards, Trevor
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Halt All Racist Tours (Organization); Halt All Racist Tours (Organization); Discrimination in sports Public opinion New Zealand South Africa.; Public opinion New Zealand; Discrimination in sports Government policy South Africa.; Discrimination in sports Government policy New Zealand.; Rugby football Political aspects New Zealand.; Rugby football Political aspects South Africa.; Anti-apartheid movements New Zealand History.; Discrimination in sports; Anti-apartheid movements; Discrimination in sports Government policy; Public opinion; Race relations Public opinion; Rugby football Political aspects; South Africa Race relations Public opinion.; New Zealand; South Africa
Abstract: Dancing on Our Bones traces the history of opposition to playing sport with South Africa from an early 1921 Springboks versus Māori rugby match onwards. In this vivid account of a sport dominated by the politics of apartheid, Trevor Richards asks: what does an issue that sparked so much controversy over so many years tell us about ourselves? Richards, who as leader of Halt All Racist Tours for 23 years was a principal actor in the drama, brings a unique perspective to the subject. His account is compelling and his challenge on the issue of racism in this or any country remains unsettling.
Contents: A battle for the soul of New Zealand -- 1902-1968 : a history of New Zealand's first capitulation to South Africa (1902-1948 : neither forgotten nor forgiven (1921: drawing a colour line in sport ; 1928: amongst strange people in a strange land ; 1937 & 1940: boycott & capitulation) ; 1948-1966 : cutting into very deep principles (1949: to hell with 'damned Afrikanders' ; 1956: a country united ; 1960: 'Whineray's Whites' ; Winds of change ; 1965: like fleas on a dog ; A proclamation of standards) ; 1966-1968 : new concerns) -- 1969-1981 : from the eye of the storm: New Zealand responds to apartheid (1969-1970 : establishing a movement (Recognising wider obligations & responsibilities ; 1969-1970: an ad hoc organisation is born ; 1970: the political establishment triumphs) ; 1971-April 1973 : standing the established order on its head (1971: with passion & bad spelling ; January-November 1972: building bridges to nowhere ; November 1972-April 1973: moving with 'dynamic caution') ; April 1973-November 1975 : the inter-war years (Settling down after the tour ; Going steady with apartheid ; Extending the boundaries ; The empire fights back ; Travelling with the cause ; Battling for hearts & minds ; Into the valley of the shadow of something very unexpected) ; November 1975-June 1977 : New Zealand stands alone (December 1975-July 1976: "Orblems. Letter follows" ; August-December 1976: weeds of irresolution ; January-June 1977: drawing a curtain across the past) ; July 1977-Winter 1981 : a country divided against itself (A bully in the playground ; Sounding the cymbals of confusion ; The road to 1981 ; "This is not New Zealand. This is a nightmare")) -- October 1981-1996 : a closing of the circle (1981-1990 : a slow unravelling ; Looking at ourselves ; 1990-1996 : building a new relationship) -- Appendix: The Gleneagles Agreement.