Mal Brown - Back to the 50's

[swansrule100]

i think often people get out of hand with racisim or sexism or whatever other ism you can think of, people are too pc and sensitive. But his comments are just stupid and make you cringe, not funny at all, dont see the point?

[KirkysSocks]

Because he still has an audience for it. People like Doug Hawkins and the rest of yesterdays footy players think it's funny.

[Matty10]

The whole thing would be a bit embarrassing for his son, Campbell, I would think.

Mal Brown is a dil. The fact that he made matters worse with his comment to the media guys on the way out suggests he has little idea that his comments would be taken as offensive - or he just does not care.

[Kirkari]

Because he still has an audience for it. People like Doug Hawkins and the rest of yesterdays footy players think it's funny.

Exactly. If you listen to the audio, there are plenty of people laughing, if in a slightly guilty way. You should have been able to hear a pin drop.

[Primmy]

Its all so unsophisticated and so last century. Bet he has no idea what is going on.

I feel sorry for Campbell though. Don't know why I have a soft spot for him, probably his passion, but you wouldn't want to be taking any potshots at him next round would you.

Guess this week has been a watershed week for the indig. Everyone has been brought to count wondering if they had inadvertently done anything similar (not to the same extent as MalBrown though, good bloody grief are you kidding!!!!). This issue couldn't have been publicly orchestrated like this if you tried. I guess the gods are sick of it too.

Its the whole issue of a generation of people who have grown up not thinking comments like this are racist that is the biggest issue. The younger generation I agree have learned a great deal more than some of their parents and grandparents. I suppose they are more exposed to a wider range of colours and cultures than we (than means me) were, where a girl border from Port Moresby was thought as being strange and exotic. I cringe now at my ignorant thoughts, thank heavens I didn't put them into words. The issue here is that we were never ever taught or had explained to us how inappropriate certain words were, because guess what. Our teachers were as bad.

Thank heavens for Michael Long and others who said No, and made us accountable.

[KirkysSocks]

I cringe now at my ignorant thoughts, thank heavens I didn't put them into words. The issue here is that we were never ever taught or had explained to us how inappropriate certain words were, because guess what. Our teachers were as bad.

Thank heavens for Michael Long and others who said No, and made us accountable.

Not to be harsh to the older generation, which includes my parents, this whole issue of racism will eventually slowly die along with those who perpetrate that ignorance, we just need to ride it out for now. Racism or prejudices will always be around, we are human after all, but at least there will be a heap more people educated and tolerant, knowing that its wrong to judge on ones colour creed and all that.

[Big Al]

Mal Brown - Back to the 50's

Not to be harsh to the older generation, which includes my parents, this whole issue of racism will eventually slowly die along with those who perpetrate that ignorance, we just need to ride it out for now. Racism or prejudices will always be around, we are human after all, but at least there will be a heap more people educated and tolerant, knowing that its wrong to judge on ones colour creed and all that.

Couldn't agree more! I cringe at some of things Mum says and she's not racist by any stretch.

[ShockOfHair]

I can understand people making unwitting racist remarks and woudln't judge them too harshly. Like Goodes said when talking about Inglis-Johns, usually they don't realise the effect of their words.

But no sympathy for the kind of witless Mal Brown style remark. Why would you even say that?

[Lucky Knickers]

Another view from Back Page Lead.

[liz]

Having just seen Brown's "unreserved apology", anyone trying to defend the man (if not the comments he made) should just stop wasting their breath. It seems pretty evident that he sees nothing wrong with what he says, and is clueless that comments like those are hurtful towards many people and offensive to many others.

[KirkysSocks]

I just had a look on bigforty and the thread about this issue is pretty sad. There still is that huge element of acceptable racism with the AFL bogan footy fans. A lot of people are more angry at the audacity of people being sensitive about it, you know, political correctness gone mad. Lot of justifications and stuff like "he was joking Mal coached aboriginals a lot" and the like.

I really am ashamed at white australia most times, but the footy bogan is just a disgusting backward troglodyte.

[AnnieH]

Grant Hansen interviewed him on the Marngrook Footy Show last night.
Whilst he was apologetic for saying canibals ... I think it's something he'll say again. It's part of a "story" he's been telling for years.
The boys on the MFS were NOT impressed. Even after his "apology".
Damned disgusting. No respect.