Politicians and academics have found common ground to criticise the charges against the Matildas star, but not everyone is so sure
captain Sam Kerr could possibly have said that levelled a charge of racism against her by a London police officer.
“If we that we are really trivialising and oversimplifying the huge impact that racism is actually having on people who are oppressed.”“Racism, in many ways, reflects the notion that one group is categorised on a hierarchy as being better than the other group … You are basically pejoratively putting someone down in a way that relates to your own position within society.
“We’re talking about London. We’re talking about someone who belongs to the Metropolitan police. It is very difficult to see how that is reinforcing an existing imbalance in power relationships.” Mansouri said such claims minimise real acts of racism, warning that a “lack of understanding of the history of racism, of its complex manifestations, can lead to really oversimplifying our discussions”.
But for some Australians, the episode has just enhanced the national hero status of Kerr, who has Indian heritage. “However, what happens after that mistake is crucial … and I am surprised that Sam did not disclose the incident to Football Australia,” she said.
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