Throwing bananas at black footballers is a well known and ubiquitous racist practice overseas. Now it's been employed at an AFL game.
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Scandal Racist fan throws banana at Eddie Betts
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Throwing bananas at black footballers is a well known and ubiquitous racist practice overseas. Now it's been employed at an AFL game.
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I voted for the Libs. My 13 yr old Half Fijian Step daughter must hate me now. She also has a banana as part of her breakfast every morning.
I must be RACIST
If you threw it at her and called her a monkey, you would be.
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Deserves a life ban from all afl games. What a moron.
Should be named and shamed.
Forget the racism angle for a moment.
Start with throwing an object on the playing field.
Then, if the Facebook post is proved legitimate regarding her usual behaviour, ban her from AFL grounds for life.
From today people will associate her with the word Bogan.
Forget the racism angle for a moment.
Start with throwing an object on the playing field.
Then, if the Facebook post is proved legitimate regarding her usual behaviour, ban her from AFL grounds for life.
From today people will associate her with the word Bogan.
Supporters should face consequences for throwing anything on the field.
The ignorant flogs can settle on whatever you like.
The rest of us are content living in reality.
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Bemusing how the anti-racists here post in a style that appears at times to be misogynist, classist, 'lookist', 'fattist'...etc
You could almost think that if someone appears racist then other forms of discrimination get the green light in the interwebz lynch mob mentality.
You could almost think that if someone appears racist then other forms of discrimination get the green light in the interwebz lynch mob mentality.
So the fact she also called him a monkey is just coincidence?
Can't believe some people are trying to justify this as a non racist act. She should be banned for Life.
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Wizard
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Yes because white players have bananas thrown at them all the time
Yes because black players do to.
Dickhead!!
Wizard
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Do you know this for fact?
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I must be in the only minority group in the world no one ****ing cares about.
It sucks being left handed
It sucks being left handed
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Lefties are the devil
Going to Chuck right handed scissors at you.
Arthur Dunger
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Stupid act to throw anything onto the field and will be dealt with accordingly but the lefties will surely make more of this than a simple reflex act.
Arthur Dunger
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Yep, she thought Eddie would kick that goal and celebrate "right in front of her" in the last seconds of the game so she kept the banana for that very reason.
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Welcome to 2014/15 for swans fans.
"Nah its not racist because he actually looks like a monkey! Dunstall gets called an ape all the time that's not racist"
