Not saying the media are racist. I'm saying their is a double standard in media because of how people are viewed. When I mentioned that it was 100% racist it was more in terms to how he is treated by the wider AFL community and supporters. Last week at the Carlton game there was so bloody horrible things said about him when he went near the footy and I'm sure if I was at Sydney last night I would have heard the same thing. It's a reflection of society as a whole in my opinion.
Goodes was probably the wrong example to use, but Goodes played for free kicks and did some pretty antagonistic things during his time on the field. He got boo-ed because of those reasons. Everyone in the media considered it to be racism. Went into bat for him because it was impacting him.
Thomas plays for free kicks and does some pretty antagonistic things on the field.Gets boo-ed every single time he touches the pill and gets vilified by the crowd every time he is near the fence. Why is that not racism? Everyone in the media went into bat for Goodes, while Thomas cops a character assassination every week.
You don't see Shuey, McLean, Selwood and a whole host of others coping the same sort scathing criticism that Thomas cops week in week out. Why the hysteria around Thomas when there are so many other players that do it?
The whole thing that Thomas is a flog and every other word under the sun really under sells how much of a good person he is. He does an absolute mountain of work for indigenous communities, through the Huddle. He has set up a number of programs that help marginalised youth yet all of this goes unrecognised Because
The media continue to drill him from all angles.
It's a shame that so many people think he is a shit bloke because of how he plays on the field, because he is genuinely one of the best blokes off it.