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This is big, and seems worthy of its own thread ...
www.abc.net.au
“It found:
- There is a gap between what Collingwood Football Club says it stands for and what it does
The club is more likely to react to media coverage about a racist incident than complaints made within the club
- Collingwood's response has often been perceived as one where claims of racism are dealt with in terms of damage control and protecting the brand
- Those who have raised issues felt they paid a high price for speaking out
- It diminishes the ability of the Club to resolve the dispute internally, and
- It heightens the risk of public grievance and negative publicity that impacts the Club, its staff, its players and its supporters”
www.abc.net.au
Collingwood Football Club is guilty of systemic racism, review finds
A review commissioned by the Collingwood Football Club describes an organisation more likely to react to media coverage about a racist incident than to complaints made within the club.
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“It found:
- There is a gap between what Collingwood Football Club says it stands for and what it does
The club is more likely to react to media coverage about a racist incident than complaints made within the club
- Collingwood's response has often been perceived as one where claims of racism are dealt with in terms of damage control and protecting the brand
- Those who have raised issues felt they paid a high price for speaking out
- It diminishes the ability of the Club to resolve the dispute internally, and
- It heightens the risk of public grievance and negative publicity that impacts the Club, its staff, its players and its supporters”
Collingwood Football Club is guilty of systemic racism, review finds
A review commissioned by the Collingwood Football Club describes an organisation more likely to react to media coverage about a racist incident than to complaints made within the club.
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