Small thought to plop into this culture war mix: will any of this weekend's grand finalists 'take a knee'?
Why would footy players take a knee when they didn't dance with Goodes? We have yet another death in custody being protested this weekend.
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Not enough. His career suffered & we still see same pattern with others like Lumumba. Anti racism here is pathologised. USA protests admired
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The former implicates all of us who aren't Black, hence less support. The latter helps us feel that "racism isn't THAT bad here." But it is.
End of conversation
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We don't need to emulate USA for leadership - Black athletes in this country have been protesting loudly. Aboriginal lives matter.
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