Correct
Agree with some comments, don't agree with everything, there is a different perspective here
Agree with some comments, don't agree with everything, there is a different perspective here
In the heat of the moment he wanted to make a stand, he had (probably) been talking a lot about racial issues at the time in and outside of football. The fact he realised it was a young girl doesn't matter he already turned around and completed the action of trying to find a point at the person that called him an ape. Why would he stop himself in the middle just because it was a youngish girl? 13 isn't that young and she might've looked a bit older but that's besides the point anyway.
The "Face of Racism" is a metaphor, I'm sure people have similarly pointed that out already 100 times...
It is not literally saying she is the face of racism and is evil or something like that, it is a technique used to highlight the sadness of the situation that a young child who probably doesn't know what she is doing is inflicting this type of pain on others without knowing the consequences.
Note: Please don't try compare how much racial abuse hurts compared to getting embarrassed on national media as a 13 y.o. girl who actually did something wrong (but was not condemned by Goodes).
