Humm ... "old white dinosaur"
From the game on Thursday night.
Most of the Manly players who stood aside from wearing the jersey were from Pasifika backgrounds, as are many of their fans
"The problem here is no one explained what the purpose of these games are to the players," Dr Denison said.
"We have not found that [backlash] with Pacific Islander players ourselves. The idea that this is a specific cultural group that is against ending discrimination, we haven't found that evidence.
"People are giving it a false wrong choice. No one has explained the purpose of the event. No one's explained the benefits. No one has explained how important they are [in] driving change to sport culture.
"I think there's an example of racism going on here, too. No one's explained to these individuals what this is all about and then, when they don't understand what the purpose is, they're being criticised for it, even though no one has helped them understand that this actually doesn't conflict with their culture.
"No one helped these players at Manly, and then there's this pile-on that's totally unhealthy and totally unhelpful. A lot of that hasn't come from people in the LGBTQI community, either. If you want to actually make the world better, you need to engage people and help them along the journey. It takes time."
Background is HERE
Huh? Pile on? I didn’t see a single comment against the players who refused to play.
I can't believe anyone in this day and age would be bothered about something so trivial.
Unless the media want it that way.
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