An Australian Rules footballer has
been praised for his uncompromising reaction after a 13-year-old girl
shouted out a racist remark to him during a game on Friday night.
Sydney
Swans forward Adam Goodes - who is an Aboriginal Australian - was
called an 'ape' by the girl as he ran past her and responded by turning
around and pointing out the girl to security who escorted her from the
Melbourne stadium.
Goodes,
33, is the star player for the Sydney Swans but said that the racial
abuse he received at the hands of the girl rendered his sides win
'meaningless' - such was his disappointment.
Racist: Adam Goodes points to the 13-year-old girl after she shouted 'Ape' at him
'To come to the boundary line
and hear a 13 year old girl call me an 'ape', and it's not the first
time on a footy field that I've been referred to as a 'monkey' or an
'ape', it was shattering,' he told the ABC.
Goodes
and the Sydney Swans were playing Collingwood, at their home of the
Melbourne Cricket Ground. The 13-year-old girl was a Collingwood fan.
Police in Melbourne said that a
13-year-old girl had been interviewed over the incident, but had been
released after two hours pending further inquiries.
In the aftermath of the racial abuse that was directed his way, Goodes told the Melbourne Herald Sun that, 'Racism had a face...and it was a 13-year-old girl. - but it's not her fault,' said Goodes.
Security officials took the girl to police after she uttered her remarks
Shamed: The girl leaves her seat and is escorted out of the stadium by security
Adam Goodes of the Sydney Swans speaks to the
media during an AFL press conference on May 25, 2013 in Melbourne,
Australia - to address the racial abuse sent his way the previous
evening
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