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Brownlow Medallist
This is big, and seems worthy of its own thread ...
“It found:
- There is a gap between what Collingwood Football Club says it stands for and what it does
The club is more likely to react to media coverage about a racist incident than complaints made within the club
- Collingwood's response has often been perceived as one where claims of racism are dealt with in terms of damage control and protecting the brand
- Those who have raised issues felt they paid a high price for speaking out
- It diminishes the ability of the Club to resolve the dispute internally, and
- It heightens the risk of public grievance and negative publicity that impacts the Club, its staff, its players and its supporters”
Collingwood Football Club is guilty of systemic racism, review finds
A review commissioned by the Collingwood Football Club describes an organisation more likely to react to media coverage about a racist incident than to complaints made within the club.
www.abc.net.au
“It found:
- There is a gap between what Collingwood Football Club says it stands for and what it does
The club is more likely to react to media coverage about a racist incident than complaints made within the club
- Collingwood's response has often been perceived as one where claims of racism are dealt with in terms of damage control and protecting the brand
- Those who have raised issues felt they paid a high price for speaking out
- It diminishes the ability of the Club to resolve the dispute internally, and
- It heightens the risk of public grievance and negative publicity that impacts the Club, its staff, its players and its supporters”
Collingwood Football Club is guilty of systemic racism, review finds
A review commissioned by the Collingwood Football Club describes an organisation more likely to react to media coverage about a racist incident than to complaints made within the club.
www.abc.net.au