Tag: Racism
Goodes booed by Victorian crowd
AFL administrators are dismayed that Adam Goodes was once again booeed in Melbourne. On this occasion St Kilda supporters were identified as 'the face...
AFL has racists on the run
The latest XYZ Viewer Poll has revealed that footy fans unanimously support the AFL's tough stance against racists and bigots. It appears to be...
Bogan Council takes AFL to the Human Rights Court
The AFL has been embroiled in a new racism controversy yesterday. In censuring Dustin Martin for his bogan war dance, during which Martin gave...
Weekend In-Depth: The Moment I Stopped Caring about Racism
In my student days I lived in a typically "progressive" inner city sharehouse, with fellow students and young adults who held all the correct...
Adam Goodes wades into Dubai cultural racism debate
Former Australian of the Year Adam Goodes has today strengthened his foreign policy credentials for the Greens ahead of next year's looming election.
The cultural...
Ferguson flairs as gunshots are fired
Marking the first anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, heavy gunfire has transpired at Ferguson, Missouri, leaving at least one person shot and...
Yes Islamophobia hurts, so does Genital Mutilation
On Saturday, a two hundred strong crowd gathered in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg for an Islamophobia forum. But by omitting two widespread violent...
Political Football
Adam Goodes made a stunning return to the football field in Geelong last night after a week of controversy. In a rare sign of...
The ABC of race baiting
Just when you thought things were starting to settle down after the Adam Goodes race saga, ABC 'journalist' Liz Foschia thought it would be...
The aim of the game
John Roskam wrote an excellent piece in yesterday's Financial Review, on the issue of racism in Australia.
Roskam notes that "one of the things we've...