Sam Kerr

[DJC]

Sam Kerr has been charged with the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer and will go to trial in February 2025.  What’s that about “justice delayed is justice denied”?

Of course, Sam is innocent until proven guilty and we shouldn’t anticipate the outcome of the trial.  However, I suspect that we won’t see any more FIFA puff pieces about Sam’s ethnicity:

“[Sam’s] journey speaks volumes about the evolving landscape of football and the power of athletes to transcend borders, languages, and cultures. As she continues to excel on the pitch, she also strives to be a beacon of hope for young Indian girls who dare to dream beyond conventions.”

[LP]

Of course, Sam is innocent until proven guilty and we shouldn’t anticipate the outcome of the trial.  However, I suspect that we won’t see any more FIFA puff pieces about Sam’s ethnicity:

“[Sam’s] journey speaks volumes about the evolving landscape of football and the power of athletes to transcend borders, languages, and cultures. As she continues to excel on the pitch, she also strives to be a beacon of hope for young Indian girls who dare to dream beyond conventions.”

Indian, but didn't her brother make one of the Indigenous All Stars lists?

[Lods]

She identifies as indigenous and belongs to the indigenous community from where she comes from in WA (wrong)
Her dad is of anglo-indian background.(right)
Her mum has a filipino heritage.(right)

We should probably wait a bit to see what the allegations exactly are, and the ethnicity of the officer.

[Thryleon]

She identifies as indigenous.
Her dad is of anglo-indian background.
Her mum has a filipino heritage.

Sorry but what?

She isnt indigenous at all if there is anglo indian, and filipino heritage, without an Indigenous Australian heritage in there.  What a crock.

[LP]

I really don't care but it shocks me that the definition is so plastic, given the current social trends we should not be shocked, if gender definitions means so little race probably means even less.

You can understand how some profit so heavily from this debate, it's a gift of ambiguity not even politicians can match!

[Lods]

I think you'll find "Sam Kerr's ethnicity" is amongst this mornings "most googled".

[LP]

A lawyer should recommend to Sam to identify as a xcat so they can claim animal cruelty by the constabulary.

btw., xcat is not mispelling, it is part of the new group of pronouns like xhim, xhey, xher, etc., etc.. Soon the pronoun volume will be thicker than the Oxford Dictionary!

I read a joke, at least I hope it's a joke, that they have programmed AI to dynamically invent a new identify the minute any other person claims the same, the routine is labelled "xunique!"

[DJC]

Indian, but didn't her brother make one of the Indigenous All Stars lists?

Not an official team LP.  Bonehead Sheedy was proposing a bye round match between an Indigenous all-star team and "the rest" and he named Daniel Kerr as one of the Indigenous all-stars.  Sheedy apologised when it was pointed out that Kerr had Indian heritage and Kerr laughed it off.

The Kerr family has always acknowledged and been proud of their Indian heritage.  I'm not sure where Sam identifying as Indigenous is coming from, perhaps because the Matildas once posed with the Aboriginal flag.  At the time. Kerr said, "We let the Indigenous girls [Kyah Simon and Lydia Williams] drive it."

There are quite a few bogus websites claiming that Kerr is Indigenous.  For example, "Sam was born in the west coastal areas of Australia, where the majority of people are aboriginal. Sam Kerr belongs to Aboriginal Ethnicity so she is Indigenous."

[Lods]

There are quite a few bogus websites claiming that Kerr is Indigenous.  For example, "Sam was born in the west coastal areas of Australia, where the majority of people are aboriginal. Sam Kerr belongs to Aboriginal Ethnicity so she is Indigenous."

It was really hard to get a definitive answer to any aboriginal heritage...that's probably a good reason to be a bit sceptical.
I suspect there may be efforts by folks on some websites to 'claim her'.
That really vague statement about....'she lives in an area that has a large indigenous community, so she's indigenous." appears on quite a few websites.

[DJC]

It was really hard to get a definitive answer to any aboriginal heritage...that's probably a good reason to be a bit sceptical.
I suspect there may be efforts by folks on some websites to 'claim her'.
That really vague statement about....'she lives in an area that has a large indigenous community, so she's indigenous." appears on quite a few websites.

Statements from Sam (and Daniel) are unequivocal; she’s not Indigenous but her grandmother is Indian.

The websites claiming that she is Indigenous seem to be not Australian, have limited knowledge of Australia and Indigenous Australians, and use strange logic and even stranger language.