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Inquisitor
“Inawazish and Aqib Shah are 10 years old. Both were born here, both speak English and Punjabi, both want to be cricketers, playing on the street, as children still do in Lahore and once did in London, as often as they can. Both are Muslims. Their favourite players? Shoaib Akhtar, Wasim Akram, Shahid Afridi.
Their favourite team? Pakistan. Why? "Because it's our country, innit."
But there is something about allegiance and cricket which irrationally gets to people. It famously annoyed Norman Tebbit. It has bewildered England's captain Nasser Hussain, a Madras-born, non-practising Muslim who cannot understand why British-born Asians do not support England.
But it is not that simple. That morning they had watched Pakistan beat Australia in a one-day international; that afternoon they cheered for England against Denmark. Despite the association with the National Front, St George's flags fly, proudly, from scattered Duke Bar houses.”
Guardian: Nationality is a Thing of the Past
It’s quite simple really, why BBAs might be inclined to support their country of ethnic origin along with their country of biological birth.
Those who are inclined to support any team do so because they are attempting to enjoy what is actually insignificant significance of vicarious significance. That is, they attempt to glory in the spotlight cast on another due to this other’s, albeit insignificant, achievement. Thus, to view BBAs as ‘unpatriotic’ would not be reasonable. We must remember that the penchant for supporting teams thrives on a vain attempt to circumvent the systemically imposed insignificance of our ‘human resource’ existence. Thus, an attempt to claim vicarious credit by supporting ‘our country’s’(of ethnic origin) team in the morning whilst supporting the team representing the country of our biological birth in the afternoon is little more than an effort to amplify the significance of our vicarious existence. This is not unlike Manchester United Fans supporting both Manchester United Ball-Kicking Club and the British team in the World Cup. These are simply two versions and consequences of multiculturalism emerging from life within a competition-based system.
Thus, let her/im who support no team cast the first stone.
