Most reaction, however, has been pinned to a singular detail: Morales is a half-black and half-Latino character, not white like Peter Parker.

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South Africa flanker Danie Rossouw was carried off on a stretcher during the second half but White said he was not badly hurt.

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And one of the facts about British-born Caribbean men that most distresses their womenfolk is that, of those in employment, more than half choose not a black partner but a white one.

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New batsman James Bryant belted out an swashbuckling 72, but not before White had finally departed just short of his half century, trapped lbw by off-spinner Graeme Swann.

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And White said Fiji's inspired second-half burst should not mask a professional display by his own side.

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