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Initech

(100,060 posts)
Mon May 27, 2013, 08:37 PM May 2013

Australian Rules Football Player Takes Time Out Of Match To Point Out Racist Fan

An Australian Rules footballer has been praised for his uncompromising reaction after a 13-year-old girl shouted out a racist remark to him during a game on Friday night.

Sydney Swans forward Adam Goodes - who is an Aboriginal Australian - was called an 'ape' by the girl as he ran past her and responded by turning around and pointing out the girl to security who escorted her from the Melbourne stadium.

Goodes, 33, is the star player for the Sydney Swans but said that the racial abuse he received at the hands of the girl rendered his sides win 'meaningless' - such was his disappointment.

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Racist: Adam Goodes points to the 13-year-old girl after she shouted 'Ape' at him

Racist: Adam Goodes points to the 13-year-old girl after she shouted 'Ape' at him

'To come to the boundary line and hear a 13 year old girl call me an 'ape', and it's not the first time on a footy field that I've been referred to as a 'monkey' or an 'ape', it was shattering,' he told the ABC.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331441/Adam-Goodes-Moment-Aboriginal-Aussie-rules-footballer-confronted-racist-13-year-old-girl-called-ape-escorted-stand.html
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Tien1985

(920 posts)
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Mon May 27, 2013, 09:01 PM
May 2013

Seems like they did pretty good. They didn't identify the girl or make it out like she is a horrible monster. But they made her leave for her crappy behavior and expected an apology out of her.

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