Hall of fame - Goodes

[Thryleon]

Not all booing is created equally. Crowds boo for many different reasons. I suspect in Goodes' case, the shorthand phrase "booing" is about much more than just that simple sound.

The issue about him being booed is multi faceted. 

Motivation, racism etc is one of them in some cases.

Where it falls over though is his on field conduct and demeanor. 

I think the indigenous celebrate their culture in ways that sometimes go against the grain.

I.e.  currently, we have a be deadly and proud campaign.

The only time deadly is used in common vernacular is being deadly serious and being deadly is otherwise seen to be dangerous.

This campaign seems problematic to me but its on TV all the time.

Reverting back to Goodes for a moment, his celebration where he threw a spear at the cheer squad met derision from our fans.  Why?  Because he kicked a goal against us.  He threw a spear at us afterwards to ram that point home.  Of course our fans didn't like it.  They booed.

Is that racist?

I dont think so.  It was more than just a goal once he threw the spear its a psychological message.  Oh I was just celebrating my heritage.

To simply state the reaction was racist and the action a celebration ignores the psychological message that goal scoring in sports sends.