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Azeem Rafiq racism case: Azeem Rafiq interview; Part 3 of 5 ENGLAND: London: INT Azeem Rafiq (Former Yorkshire cricketer) interview SOT Q: MICHAEL VAUGHAN IS ONE OF THOSE MEN YOU'VE ACCUSED / HE'S DENIED EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT - Maybe it's not something Michael remembers, to keep putting the onus on the victim, I want to make sure it's not focused in on that / not about individuals, about institution / people who apologise should be given a second chance, people in denial, it's important their employers send a message out to the public on if they share the same values or not Q: SHOULD MICHAEL VAUGHAN KEEP THE PROFILE HE HAS IN THE GAME - Like I say I think anyone who apologises should be given a second chance / people who continue to do what Yorkshire did, their employers need to make decision Q: DAVID LLOYD WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO APOLOGISED - Yeah David got in touch as soon as I got back yesterday / I said to him I appreciated his apology, and thanked him for it, said that's all I've been after / I said I didn't appreciate the comments about me and the Asian community in general / I think he's sorry and I accepted his apology Q: YOU TALKED ABOUT RACIST BYSTANDERS, DID YESTERDAY GIVE BYSTANDERS MORE COURAGE TO DO RIGHT THING - I hope so / it was so embedded in that environment, I'm not sure some of them even realised what was happening was wrong / just goes back to my initial allegation that Yorkshire is institutionally racist Q: YOU CALLED FOR ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM AT YORKSHIRE TO RESIGN, SURELY FOR CRICKET TO MOVED FORWARD, THE ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM AT ECB NEEDS TO DO THE SAME - I think ECB should have done a lot more, the buck lies with them / yesterday made it clear to them this needs to change / I think Tom made a commitment yesterday he's going to do something / I think it's important we give that opportunity initially but we're going to be impatient and we're going to call it out / if I see tokenism tomorro...