We feud over Adam Goodes because our big questions remain unanswered | Paul Daley

Submitted by Paul Daley on Fri, 31/07/2015 - 3:41pm

In the absence of a political settlement between black and white Australia, events like Adam Goodes’ war dance can easily call forth a history of racism

Some argue the catalyst for the racially freighted booing of Adam Goodes was in 2013, when he singled out a 13-year-old Collingwood supporter who called him an ape.

I know why Lewis did it. We won’t sit in silence, we will continue to fight for our mob. We will continue to be proud of who we are, what we stand for and what we’re fighting for. We live in a great country and we want it to thrive and get better and better.

In doing that you have to recognise what has happened in the past to indigenous people and what they continue to go through. For us to move forward as a great country those are the things we need to keep fighting for.

Why this talk of war and why must there be black versus white? I just think playing with racial division like that is dangerous and stupid. This is not a country that is so racially divided you need to exploit it like that and make a symbol of war your expression of Aboriginality.

Unfortunately some Australians don’t like the Aboriginals to speak up and show strength and talk about these issues. They like their Aboriginal people to sit in the corner and be humble and be thankful for what they have.