Racial abuse is rife in junior sports – and little is being done to address it
- Written by Karen Farquharson, Head, School of Social and Political Sciences and Professor of Sociology, University of Melbourne
Junior sports clubs in Australia have policies in place for handling racial taunting and vilification, but punishments are rarely enforced. David Crosling/AAP
The AFL and its clubs have finally issued an apology to two-time Brownlow Medallist Adam Goodes for their handling of the relentless racist booing that marred his last year of football in...
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