Collingwood Football Club president Eddie McGuire, who a few days ago was generally praised for his response to the racial abuse of Adam Goodes by a young Collinwood supporter, has now had his own brain fade, joking on radio that Adam Goodes could be used to advertise the forthcoming theatre production of King Kong. Go figure?!
Eddie McGuire, Adam Goodes and ‘apes’: a landmark moment in Australian race relations
The Conversation : Tom Heenan & David Dunstan
31 May 2013
The ape insult: a short history of a racist idea
The Conversation : James Bradley
31 May 2013
Looking through a 1990s footy file, article after article is about Collingwood & Co being taken to task for racial vilification.
At the 1995 Anzac Day drawn match between Essendon and Collingwood, in front of 95,000, Damian Monkhorst racially abused Michael Long. Much media, obligatory mediation and an official handshake between the players but Long not happy with the outcome.
The following weekend the Collingwood cheer squad hit back with their banner of STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES BUT NAMES WILL NEVER HURT ME beside an image of a red and black Essendon dummy (spit).
More articles of condemnation...
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Saburo Murakami, Passing
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