Netball, according to a professor who criticized Scott Morrison for favoring white bread, is “racist at every level.”
Head of the Indigenous People and Work Research and Practice Hub at the University of Technology, Sydney Nareen Young made the remarks in response to concerns aired by Diamonds player and Aboriginal lady Donnell Wallam over a sponsorship arrangement.
Prof. Young, an Indigenous person, said on the ABC program The Drum, “My observation and experience over many years is that there is quite a lot of racism in netball at every level.”
Prof. Young, who has been on the board of Netball Australia, said on Wednesday’s show that Indigenous players make up a large portion of local carnivals. After that, a netball promotional film was produced and broadcast, but all of the individuals in it were blonde.
Indigenous athletes at the local competition level, according to Prof. Young, who met with them, often face bigotry on the court.
Ben Fordham of 2GB Radio urged the professor to quit “throwing about racist charges like it’s confetti” and to provide evidence for her assertions.
She has alleged unfounded racism in relation to netball. Racists play netball. That is not a trivial allegation,’ Fordham remarked on Thursday morning.
Tell me whether you’ve observed a lot of prejudice among the under-10s at the neighborhood school carnival.
Not a single shred of evidence has been offered.
“If you have an example, please share it. Also, please utilize your position on the ABC to call out racists.”
Professor Nareen Young notices racial stereotypes in some of the weirdest settings, so it’s not that I don’t believe you.
“Including in the toaster and the bread aisle.”
Her remarks follow the Diamonds, Australia’s national netball team, refusing to wear a jersey with Gina Rinehart’s mining business Hancock Prospecting’s emblem on it.
Squad member Donnell Wallam expressed concerns on a stunning remark made by Ms. Rinehart’s father Lang Hancock about the existence of an Aboriginal “issue” in a forty-year-old interview.
In the 1984 documentary film Couldn’t Be Fairer, Mr. Hancock said that “the ones who are no good to themselves and can’t accept things, the half-castes – and this is where most of the difficulty arises.”
I would poison the water so they would breed themselves out in the future and the issue would be solved.
Hancock Prospecting, according to former Diamonds captain Sharni Norder, “is a firm that doesn’t meet Netball Australia’s ideals.”
Prof. Young expressed her admiration for the “wonderful women players” who were standing by their teammate and expressed her hope that their refusal of the sponsorship would be a “tipping point.”
In a statement released on Wednesday, Netball Australia responded to the professor’s charges, stating it “was not aware of these allegations but takes any claim of racism very seriously.”
In a statement, Netball Australia said that it has made a public commitment to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and learn about their experiences in netball.
This study is still very significant, and we appreciate the chance to learn more about these claims.
Hancock Prospecting issued a statement stating that company is “aware that certain recent queries have been made about Hancock’s connections with traditional owners.”
According to the statement, “Hancock has good agreements with all native title holders in the regions we operate in, giving extremely large royalty payments to the traditional owners in all of our mining locations, far in excess of $300 million in just the previous seven years.”
“We engage directly with the communities to provide training, employment, business development, and contracting opportunities as well as heritage, health, and education projects,” the statement reads.
In addition to serving as the Director of Indigenous Consulting for the accounting company Price Waterhouse Coopers, Prof. Young has been hailed as “one of the most recognized and prominent Australian workplace diversity practitioners and thinkers.”
She also served as the CEO of the Diversity Council of Australia before being appointed most recently Associate Dean of the University of Technology’s Business School.
Prof. Young gained notoriety earlier this year when she criticized Scott Morrison, who was the prime minister at the time, for favoring white bread over “wonderful” black bread.
Who consumes white bread in this nation? British males. I believe it demonstrates a profound ignorance of the workforce in this nation. Race and class, in my opinion, connect profoundly.
Later, she tweeted a suggestion for Mr. Morrison to try a different loaf.
This is my final statement on the matter, Prof. Young said while displaying a picture. My father, Bob Young, is shown on the right (here with my late Uncle Brian).
She posted a picture of her family along with the caption, “My Dad is as working class as it gets, yet he eats black bread since his family heritage is Swedish.”
Has always. It tastes good. Scott Morrison ought to give it a go.
At her wedding, best man Anthony Albanese, the prime minister, served.
The then-Opposition Leader said he believed Australians may eat “whatever bread they choose” in response to the bread dispute.