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Adam Goodes: How racism drove him from Australian Rules football
In 2013, Adam Goodes was racially abused by a 13-year old girl while he was playing in an AFL game in Melbourne. She was ejected from the stadium, sparking nationwide debate.
Nowhere has the symbolic power of the Black Lives Matter movement been more evident than in the sports arena. All too often racism undermines the notion of a level playing field. HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to an athlete who made a stand. Adam Goodes was a star player in Aussie Rules football. One of the greatest ever players of Aboriginal descent, he quit the game after years of racist abuse. What lessons can Australia and the wider world learn from his experience?
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