NO TROLLS Racism Bombshell Claim - Carlton and Essendon Named

[campbell]

Personally either playing or watching footy from the 90s in WA I haven't seen any racism whatsoever, these days thankfully I'd say its likey to be very rare.

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Sadly, it is not rare.

 

[Borussia Teeth]

Yes it's alleged. But is anyone actually disputing that the Krakouers and others were regularly racially abused during their careers? We can call them victims, and we don't need to question their motives.

Tonight the AFL has their dreamtime game. Every year the cameras pan to Sheedy who is celebrated as some sort of hero for what he did for Aboriginal players. I imagine this is sickening for anyone who thinks Sheedy was a perpetrator of abuse against them.

Sheedy invented Aboriginal footballers.

 

[ferball]

 

[CharlieMortdecai]

My forebears were privileged enough to flee persecution and famine in Ireland in the 19th century, only to come here and be exploited. Finally got their heads above water around halfway through the last century, due no doubt to their privilege.

I'd say that is roughly correct. Midway through the 20th century would be about the time that prejudices against Irish Catholics began to diminish in Australia, and they were afforded the same privileges of other white people. I have absolutely no doubt that in the 1950s the descendants of Irish Catholics were in a much more privileged position in Australia than Indigenous Australians. Let's be honest, that had probably been the case since the late 19th century at least, their position in society simply improved in relation to the WASPs.

 

[CharlieMortdecai]

Not to be pedant, and I agree with the jist of your statement, but slavery was outlawed in the British empire prior to Victoria’s reign from my memory. Otherwise, yes, wholeheartedly agree.

From a legislative perspective, but they also carved out any of the plantations operated by the British East India Company. And it was simply replaced with Indian indentured labour, which many have argued is simply slavery by another name.