Re: Hall of fame - Goodes
Reply #29 –
BS. In the pantheon of AFL bad boys, Goodes doesn’t rate at all. If lack of remorse or denial was enough to inspire universal condemnation, Dermie would have endured a wall of booing every second he was on field. Remember when he tried to claim he didn’t mean to stand on Raydan Tallis’ head (among other clear “alternative facts”)?
And the fact that Goodes made it clear he felt there was a racist component in the crowd behaviour definitely should have made the “good people” in the mob reflect on whether enough was enough. For it to inspire a IDGAF attitude was reprehensible.
One of the best opportunities to reflect was when the 14 year old girl taunted him with a banana. If any of you took a 14 year old relative to the ground and they did that to an indigenous player, how would you react? I would grab hom or her by the ear and drag them out of the ground in disgust. Instead, the grandmother who sat beside her railed against the way he poor grandaughter had been humiliated by Goodes’ response. The Apple didn’t fall far from the tree in that family. Instead of the mob accepting that Goodes was being racially abused, it reacted by amping up the booing because Goodes had humiliated a poor (white) girl, even though she wasn’t carrying an “I’m only 14” sign on her.
Gimme a break with this Goodes brought it on himself rubbish.
Well said. Couldn't agree more.
The intergenerational image of the 14yo and gm actions, displayed the nuances of racism. In my experience this is a sample of what occurs in society as a whole. It takes generations to embed and will take generations to reconcile. We're making progress but must keep going until equality is achieved.
Every opportunity people have to understand the history of our traditional peoples is an opportunity to learn, grow, and change our attitudes and behavior.