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Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 44332	Football, family and forgiveness Jul 5^th, 2025 at 9:14pm Football, family and forgiveness: the driving forces of Michael Long's life
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Sir Eoin O Fada Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2804 New England, NSW Gender:	Re: Football, family and forgiveness Reply #1 - Jul 6^th, 2025 at 10:33am Brian Ross wrote on Jul 5^th, 2025 at 9:14pm: Football, family and forgiveness: the driving forces of Michael Long's life Good one, Brian.
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Reply #2 - Jul 6^th, 2025 at 11:11am

Brian Ross wrote on Jul 5^th, 2025 at 9:14pm:

Football, family and forgiveness: the driving forces of Michael Long's life Cool

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........... It was just over 30 years ago — during the 1995 ANZAC day clash between Essendon and Collingwood — Monkhorst called Long a racial slur on the field.

After the game, Long decided to proceed with an official complaint, pushing the AFL to do more to protect non-white players from what he called "tactics" used to put Indigenous and other diverse players off their game.

"Obviously, I spoke to the club that we needed to put something into place to protect not just Indigenous players, but all players with different backgrounds," he said.

Taking a stand against racist abuse garnered huge public interest and put a lot of pressure on the then-26-year-old.

"I had so many different letters and death threats and they came every day. You are trying to focus on your football, and you had that in the back of your mind as well, and we were having our first child and had the media at our front doorstep," he said. .........

that is something us whites have not experienced

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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 87681 Always was always will be HOME Gender:	Re: Football, family and forgiveness Reply #3 - Jul 6^th, 2025 at 11:27am Always good to see one of Them find his way in life by working within The White Man's Way and playing along with the majority Us. (that'll get 'em going, Igor ... fetch another bottle of whiskey and we'll have a toast...)
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Re: Football, family and forgiveness
Reply #4 - Jul 6^th, 2025 at 11:29am

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jul 6^th, 2025 at 11:11am:

Brian Ross wrote on Jul 5^th, 2025 at 9:14pm:

Football, family and forgiveness: the driving forces of Michael Long's life Cool

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........... It was just over 30 years ago — during the 1995 ANZAC day clash between Essendon and Collingwood — Monkhorst called Long a racial slur on the field.

After the game, Long decided to proceed with an official complaint, pushing the AFL to do more to protect non-white players from what he called "tactics" used to put Indigenous and other diverse players off their game.

"Obviously, I spoke to the club that we needed to put something into place to protect not just Indigenous players, but all players with different backgrounds," he said.

Taking a stand against racist abuse garnered huge public interest and put a lot of pressure on the then-26-year-old.

"I had so many different letters and death threats and they came every day. You are trying to focus on your football, and you had that in the back of your mind as well, and we were having our first child and had the media at our front doorstep," he said. .........

that is something us whites have not experienced

Really? Where you bin, Laden? Grin

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Reply #5 - Jul 9^th, 2025 at 10:58am

Racial and religious discrimination is something that many ‘’whites’’ have experienced.

Take growing up Catholic and perceived to be Irish in the 1940s as an example, we learned to fight and also to run fast to get home from school safely.

Anyone remember/seen‘’The Rock’’ newspaper?
A blatantly racist publication that was sold on newsstands in NSW.
See, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229002089 as an example.

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