There's a difference between racism and bigotry.
Racism is the intolerance of an entire race.
Bigotry is the intolerance of those with a different opinion.
I believe most people booing Goodes are not racists but bigots. They do not have anything against aboriginal people in general, but they do have something against the opinions of Goodes and the way he expresses his opinions. There is a big difference.
You can argue all you like about whether bigotry is right. Similar intolerances were shown towards Julia Gillard for her feminism, Martin Luther King for his civil rights movement and Pauline Hanson for her nativism. However it is distinctly different from racism.
Furthermore, he incited the crowd through the war dance this year.
Some may liken it to the All Blacks' Haka, but the Haka is used before the match to intimidate their opponents. It is aimed at the opponent! Which makes perfect sense in a sporting match and is acceptable to both the crowd and sporting body. Some teams have taken exception to it and reacted but it is now accepted and seen as traditional.
Adam's war dance however was targeted at the crowd, not the opposition. Trying to intimidate a crowd is not a great idea, remember when Ben Cousins gave the bird to the TV camera? War dances incite a response, often fear, and the crowd's response to this is the only form they have, booing. Add to that the aptly named 'crowd mentality' which ensures that successive crowds sympathize with each other, and he has effectively incited the whole footballing public.
He performed a war dance and then wonders why it started a war.
