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Brandon Jack has written a good article on smh today
(sorry behind paywall if not subscriber)Was booing Goodes racist? By asking this question, Australia reaches a higher mark
The Adam Goodes documentary The Final Quarter, screened on television on Thursday night, confronted Australia with its casual racism - and that's a good thing.www.smh.com.au
Was booing Goodes racist? By asking this question, Australia reaches a higher mark
Brandon Jack
Writer and former Sydney Swan
July 19, 2019
After training this week with my university football team, I was sitting in the change rooms with some of the guys and the topic of racism and Adam came up. One player said that they didn’t think it was racist. His view was that the best players have always been booed. That it was a badge of honour.
As I prepared to respond, something happened. From the other corner of the room a voice called out: “He said it was hurting him. He felt it was racist. He was made to feel small and isolated and was bullied for standing up against racism. So yeah, I think it was racist.”
The conversation that followed didn’t tear us apart. We were still teammates who would run out alongside each other on the weekend and, in that moment, we were Australians discussing what we wanted to stand for.
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Adam Goodes, who brought crowds to their feet with his electrifying on-field play, was not divisive.
Adam Goodes, who always stayed until every fan got an autograph, was not divisive.
And Adam Goodes, who took a stand to say we shouldn’t treat people differently because of the colour of their skin, was not divisive
Agreed.Report their posts elsewhere, don't invite them here in the hope our mods will ban them. That is against the site rules
Tagged into the thread is tagged into the thread.The flog is in here "reacting" to posts. Pathetic.
9.8So in the unlikely event Goodes were to agree to a grand final lap, on a 1-10 scale, what would your anxiety level be?
I'm sorry, I simply don't trust the footy public on this one.
So in the unlikely event Goodes were to agree to a grand final lap, on a 1-10 scale, what would your anxiety level be?
I'm sorry, I simply don't trust the footy public on this one.
They won't change. Just like all the people arguing on the main thread won't shift their opinions one inch. You still need to challenge the behaviour and over time hope that social standards shift in the right direction.People who said and did the wrong thing and have been the whole time can’t change it
But for real progress they also need to be given the chance to change and correct and that includes idiots like Sam and Eddie etc
They won't change. Just like all the people arguing on the main thread won't shift their opinions one inch. You still need to challenge the behaviour and over time hope that social standards shift in the right direction.
They won't change. Just like all the people arguing on the main thread won't shift their opinions one inch. You still need to challenge the behaviour and over time hope that social standards shift in the right direction.
That's pretty refreshing. I've been battling in the main board thread so my faith in humanity is a little shaken.There's at least one person who admits in this article to having changed her opinion after watching the documentary. As she herself stated, having an open mind (being open to other perspectives and not looking for confirmation of your pre-existing one) when watching the documentary makes it very hard to paint Goodes as some kind of villain.
This documentary is going to remain in Australian culture for a very long time, I think.
Anger, shame, tears: Your reactions to the Adam Goodes doco 'The Final Quarter'
Over 500,000 people watched Thursday night's powerful documentary. Here are a selection of your responseswww.afl.com.au
Every opinion should be heard. I just feel like basic compassion is missing from the conversation.They probably won’t but they deserve a brief chance too if they will listen and embrace it otherwise we remain divided
That's pretty refreshing. I've been battling in the main board thread so my faith in humanity is a little shaken.
Every opinion should be heard. I just feel like basic compassion is missing from the conversation.
I'm also not expecting Sam Newman to do a 180 degree turn.
That’s probably so true and I just don’t understand it. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good ‘an Aussie, Irishman and Chinaman’ joke because I see it as that...but racism isn’t a joke!The worst thing about all this Mick, is I think the country has deteriorated since the mid 90s.
It is like there has been a decline in the human spirit and solidarity in this country.
Racists unless they are complete psychopaths used to hide under a rock. Now they are emboldened to publicly rank a person according to their skin colour or cultural background.
That’s probably so true and I just don’t understand it. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good ‘an Aussie, Irishman and Chinaman’ joke because I see it as that...but racism isn’t a joke!
There was this White Anglo Saxon person, another White Anglo Saxon person and another White Anglo Saxon Person...yeah, there’s something wrong with this joke!As long as the Irishman comes out on top!! Definitely agree with you though, different cultures and races always banter with each other, have a bit of fun and laugh about it but the moment it makes someone feel upset, bad, angered, you know you’ve crossed the line. If you don’t think it’s racism yet the person you’re speaking to thinks it is, then you can be damn sure whatever you said or did is most certainly racist, whether you care to acknowledge it was or not!
Now Mick....what was that joke you were about to tell?