It's at the stage now where instead of taking a higher ground, Goodes is using division to face his demons.
Would take a big character to settle this booing issue in a respectful manner but with his onfield diving and umpire playing, it's hardly surprising he's bringing the situation to boiling point through negativity.
Would be challenging to be in his position, as the general public are often fairly simple beings.. If a kid sees a big dark skinned guy with a full beard... It's not against the laws of nature for them to relate it to what they know.
If a player has long hair and gets called a girl, often they will cut it to avoid further discrimination. Not goodes, he antagonises the situation until it boils over.
Regardless of his motives and insecurities there is general angst that is coming to the surface and would be exactly the same if Goodes was instead gay, asian, muslim, jewish, disabled etc.
He's bringing a social issue to the front pages, but by being a flog.
It's Jerry springer 101.
With the full backing of a PC media and AFL, it's probably good these issues get faced, even if Goodes does it to take the focus away from being disliked because of his relationship with umpires and his tactics.
He's cornered himself into playing the race card. For where his career sits with retirement approaching, it's probably in his interests to divide and conquer rather than take a humble path.