sr36
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A lot comes down to how you define racist and racism. Not having appropriate policies and procedures in place as the report pointed out is a very harsh definer. As is a bad joke that didn't actually call Goodes King King. Trying to include everything that could possibly be harmful into the definition is a short sited move by activists. It may in the short term really highlight issues that need improvement by associating them with a powerful word, but in the long run it'll strip the power from that word. As we'll gradually come to realise that not everything described as racist is abhorrent.On another note I’m not a fan of the support I’ve read for McGuire across a couple of threads in terms of him not being a racist. He presided over an environment that allowed systemic racism to propagate, he is a casual racist given his King Kong “gaffe” and not meaning it doesn’t preclude him from being one. That said it shouldn’t define him or his presidency because he needed to go for this type of meddling in football matters as much as his racism.
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