Racism doesn't belong in our game

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Racism Doesn’t Belong in Our Game: Hero video

Like I remember when I was younger coming home from a game and I think there was a comment about me being brown and

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just being in the shower trying to almost wash my skin colour off and coming out of that and just still looking at my arm in disbelief.

Sharin Milner. Basketball. Former Professional Player, Founder, Coach.

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Being someone of an African descent you often get remarks

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Tawa Manzvera. Tennis. Former professional player.

where people might say why are you playing this sport?

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It's not a sport for your kind.

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I definitely felt like I wasn't welcome or didn't belong

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I've come to training I've got the right gear. I've got the right mindset. Why is the colour of my skin affecting the way in which people treat me when in hindsight I haven't done anything.

Gulcan Genitsaris. Football. Player, Community Engagement Manager.

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When I was on the field umpiring at the time

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Namil Yassine. AFL. Club President, Umpire.

it was a racial slur that happened that was directed at me. I myself felt

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oh it's a mix of emotions almost like you know

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from concern to to disappointment to you know a sort of unrest as well like knowing that

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you know this is still out there.

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The coach had left a sheet of paper on the score bench. And so all us girls ran over to see what the notes were about us

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and I walked over and I just saw Sharin short brown skin.

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Yeah I really went into a shell.

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When you're coming up against young girls who obviously are from the

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Lee Bevan-Woodley. Netball. Coach.

[First Peoples] community

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they can have this biased perception that they're rough

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that they're you know aggressive out on court.

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And really these girls are the most technical

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strategic players there are.

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Unfortunately there was a moment where I

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I had an official make a comment to myself my dad and my younger brother that we were three monkeys

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it really made me feel that I'd never belonged in the sport.

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Speaking up can

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can really change make a big change in back like I said in community and it can it can even make a

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Chloe Ene. NRL. Player, referee, coach.

change to that victim's life.

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Avtar Singh. Cricket. Club President.

I feel any family

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who's coming from overseas or any family doesn't matter where

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they come from needs to be welcomed in community sports.

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So I think it's really important as parents as coaches

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and as players to get to know the people around you.

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Get to appreciate and maybe learn about people's differences and why they're different.

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I think it starts with a conversation

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like making the space open and allowing conversation to start.

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You want to know people for who they are and they're so I think we're so more than willing to share our culture. It's just about those wanting to know about it firstly.

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If we want to continue to bring all the beautiful things

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we know sport provides for our communities

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we just have to widen our lens and say this is our community now how are we going to make our sport spaces reflective and accommodating and

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getting better because of these unique

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different experiences

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that people are going to bring into the space.

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Racism Doesn’t Belong in Our Game: Lee’s Story

Lee Bevan-Woodley

Stepping away from something that is such a big part of your life I think takes either a lot of heartache or yeah a lot of confidence. And in that moment it was a lot of heartache. I think I stepped away knowing that I'd given the sport everything. The sport didn't give me a lot back.

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My name is Lee Bevan – Woodley and I'm a Kija Bardi woman from the Kimberley's of Western Australia. And I work as a High Performance coach here at Netball Victoria.

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Initially my love of netball first started way back

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in the Kimberley's where my mum was one of the

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founding members of a netball association for my town.

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Netball came around and I instantly fell in love with it. The technicality the strategy.

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So to get a better education I knew that I would always have netball to fall back on. So I left for boarding school at 12 years old down to Perth. And I was there for 3 years

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and netball kind of was my escape. Whenever I was a little bit lonely or felt a bit homesick I could always go down to the courts and continue to strive for that high performance space as an athlete before a coach.

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When you're coming up against young girls

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who obviously are from the [First Peoples] community they can have this biased perception that they're rough that they're you know aggressive out on court.

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And really these girls are the most technical strategic players there are. And there's been times on the sidelines where I've overheard as coaches that being told ‘oh they’re dirty players’ or they’re physical or this and that

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you know I guess if another player from another program was to say that it definitely wouldn't be the same perception.

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I think it definitely does take a hit to my confidence.

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I think again just to have my support system that I have

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where they instill confidence in me and I've just got to remember

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that you know opening these doors is hard work but remember why we're doing it and who we do it for.

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I think it starts with a

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conversation like making the space open and allowing conversation to start.

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You want to know people for who they are and they're so I think we're so more than willing to share our culture. It's just about those wanting to know about it firstly.

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From my experience having more of us in rooms together. So sometimes when these incidents have happened in the past

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there is only one or 2 of us and it's like 2 against, I guess, 30 people.

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So blak voices need to speak for blak decisions

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and then there's got to be opportunities for them to sit in these spaces in these areas.

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So that you've got coaches and players coming through that can see their own mob because like we say as a community all around Australia is to be is to see. So we need to be able for our little ones coming up as players to see players that look like them. We need to see coaches that are wanting to step into that space to see coaches like them like we need to be a little bit more of a push in that representation because we're not seeing enough to actually believe that we can be enough.

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Racism Doesn’t Belong in Our Game: Nabil’s Story

Nabil Yassine

Growing up I struggled in the beginning to feel a part of something greater than myself. I found that connection through sport and I'd love to be able to give that back to somebody else.

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I was brought up in a really conservative Muslim family where sport wasn't really a big part of our lives. I was approached by a friend from school.

Who saw me in the yard you know playing playing football. We went out to my first session during the summer. And I rocked up in a pair of jeans and thongs.

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I fell in love with it playing the game.

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Sport to me was something that helped me develop as a person from someone being really reserved it helped me open

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up see different light to society but also accustom myself with with what the norms of Australian life is.

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When I was on the field umpiring at the time

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it was a racial slur that happened

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that was directed at me. I myself felt oh it's a mix of emotions almost like you know from concern to to disappointment to you know a sort of unrest as well like knowing that you know this is still out there and in you know youth football it's pretty disappointing.

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I know that there's definitely a bit more education around adults in general being able to report things and how they can report things

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that probably needs to be worked on a little bit more. We are aware that there are certain bodies that you can reach out to. However not everyone is accessible to those things.

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I think that education piece around educating clubs and communities around those clubs on what that looks like and how it can be done.

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At Dallas we will introduce all all players all new players to the club especially if they've got specific needs whether it's language is a language barrier. We’ll buddy them up with a particular player that may be able to assist them.

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With the canteen we definitely look at you know sourcing certain foods from certain companies for certain groups to be able to feel welcome and able to purchase from the canteen and feel like they can partake in

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you know the the festivities as well.

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So the legacy I'd like to leave is just that ability to to invite community in. So knowing that

Australia is a sporting nation and that everyone in the country loves sport and knowing that sport is also a vehicle where it's a level playing field for

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everybody to be involved and and learn from each other. And we've all got something to bring to the table

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so everyone can bring their superpower to the table. And we can we can work and work together to build a better society.

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Racism Doesn’t Belong in Our Game: Sharin’s Story

Sharin Milner

Like I remember when I was younger coming home from a game and I think there was a comment about me being brown and just being in the shower trying to almost wash my skin colour off and coming out of that and just still looking at my arm

in disbelief like what I'm brown. No I'm not brown.

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I was raised in Broadmeadows to migrant Indian parents who migrated to Australia when they were 18. This basketball stadium

here was basically where I was raised.

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Mum was refereeing

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and doing some cleaning. My dad was involved

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on the executive and also as a coach. And so it wasn't unusual for me to be here from 6 p.m. on a Friday till midnight. Shooting in the dark and running on the courts in between time outs.

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But every now and then you know I'd be reminded that

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I was you know one of the only brown people playing the sport. And I certainly remember you know distinctively periods of being referred to as you know the brown girl.

You know when I was reminded that I was actually different in parts to my identity around

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you know my colour my background and being from Broadmeadows you know those things really stuck with me

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and and knocked me around.

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I was selected to a representative camp and on the lunch break the coach had left a sheet of paper on the score bench. And so all us girls ran over to see what the notes were about us. And I walked over and I just saw Sharin short brown skin. And from that moment on as I progressed

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into representative levels of basketball

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my nickname became mouse

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because I was so quiet and so shy.

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Yeah I really went into a shell

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Two years ago when I came back to Broadmeadows I noticed that yeah there were hardly any families living within a kilometre of this stadium actually playing. And so we were fortunate to get funding

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to create a club called Hume Central Dallas Phoenix which now is the fastest growing club in the competition. And through the club we've been able to establish a committee

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that's reflective of that diversity.

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So we've got eleven people nine are women nine of the committee are born overseas.

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And we're seeing that reflected in the club I think in the growth and yeah all the benefits that are coming from that.

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The drive I have it's based on just the absolute belief that

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we have to become more diverse and accepting in our sporting spaces if we want to to continue to bring all the beautiful things we know sport provides for our communities

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we just have to widen our lens and say this is our community now

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how are we going to make our sport spaces reflective and accommodating and getting better because of these

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unique different experiences that people are going to bring into the space.

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Racism Doesn’t Belong in Our Game: Tawa’s Story

Tawa Manzvera

Being someone of an African descent you often get remarks where people might say why are you playing this sport? It's not a sport for your kind in a way. And that comment has been made on numerous occasions all the way from under tens all the way through into playing pennant.

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Ethnically I’m South African. I've been in Australia since I was 6 months old.

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My earliest memory is receiving a racquet as a gift from my auntie.

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When I was probably 7 or 8.

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And through that I was able to play the sport.

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I've been fortunate enough that I've been ranked the second highest junior in Victoria.

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I was fortunate enough to gain an international ranking.

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at 16 inside the top 2000.

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Tennis means the world to me because it's the way that I've been able to connect with my family, my auntie, my younger brothers, but I’ve also been able to create so many friendships which have which has enriched my life so much.

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Unfortunately there was a moment where

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I had official make a comment to myself my dad and my younger brother that we were 3 monkeys after another official said we were 3 wise men. That comment has always stayed

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in my mind because

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although we've always been respectful and tried not only to look at these people as

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Officials, but as friends and mentors

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they would still look at us with such negative stereotypes.

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it made me. It really questioned my sense of belonging because I thought I looked at this person as a friend.

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It really made me feel that I'd never belonged in the sport.

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But it also made me feel that playing tennis might not be for me which is not the way to think about it

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and it still affects me to this day unfortunately.

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I never I never walked away and

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my parents never encouraged us to walk away. And in fact they encouraged us to keep on playing the sport because if we keep on playing the sport it would make the lives

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of another African kid who will come after us a lot easier.

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And that's what encouraged us to continue playing the sport.

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as Australia becomes a lot more multicultural we'll be able to see a lot more participation in tennis and in sport in general from multicultural communities. And

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that should lead to a bit more inclusiveness as well.

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I also believe that you know in the upper structures of tennis it's becoming a lot more diverse. And that's going to encourage a lot more people to play and reduce the stereotypes that tennis is a Caucasian sport as well.

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Racism Doesn’t Belong in Our Game: Gülcan’s Story

Gülcan Genitsaris

I definitely felt like I wasn't welcome or didn't belong. I've come to training I've got the right gear I've got the right mindset. Why is the colour of my skin affecting the way in which people treat me when in hindsight

I haven't done anything

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I was born in Australia. Both my parents were born in Turkey so I like to say that I’m Turkish and Australian. I am currently working for Avondale

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Vision Text: Gülcan Genitsaris. Football. Player, Community Engagement Manager.

Football Club as Community Engagement Manager

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and also playing in the senior women's team.

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We love celebrating everyone's nationality

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and where they've come from and we've got everyone's names up with their numbers and their flags attached to their names.

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And like when I meet someone and they can speak another language or they've got an accent or you know they've got a different complexion to I have I think it's so interesting and it's so beautiful or someone to have a different story.

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My brother joined a soccer club

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and for me it was okay. My brother's doing it I wanna do it. I was one of 2 girls in a all boys under 10’s team.

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The other player left after a week

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so I just Yeah I just started enjoying it. Really loved it.

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I was no good.

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I had no ability just passion. Just passion.  And wanted to kind of

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feel like I was a part of something.

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So for myself growing up

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my parents did get questioned a lot as to why a young Muslim Turkish girl was playing

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football in the first place.

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Initially just hearing and seeing

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the pushback that my family got from just allowing me to do something that I wanted to do

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it's hard enough not having the ability and not being there and being able to prove yourself from from the beginning to then constantly feeling like people

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don't want you here or want you there. Yeah it was a lot. It was it was quite tough.

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So I think it's really important as parents as coaches and as players to get to know the people around you.

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Get to appreciate and maybe learn about people's differences and why they're different. I've got young kids and I as a parent would absolutely be beside myself if I knew that that was something that they experienced.

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So to be able to be someone that can champion inclusivity within the sport

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it would mean the world because then I know that when I do stop playing

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I have trust that people that are still playing and on the pitch that they're doing the right thing and providing those safe environments for everyone to play the sport that I love.

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Racism Doesn’t Belong in Our Game: Avtar’s Story

Avtar Singh

I feel the best way to learn about the culture and the community which you are moving into

is through the community sport.

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I'm born in the northern part of India in Punjab. So I came here into Australia in 1997 on a student visa.

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I was working part time driving taxis back then.

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So you pick up people from different after finishing matches you know you've 10 o’clock they all talk about sports.

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If you don't follow a footy team, you're not Melburnian.

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Sport. It brings people together.

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People when you leave a country coming into totally different country, you don't know many people, and you don't have friends.

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but you join a community club or community sport.

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You make friends

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You learn more about the country your new country you come in.

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So personally I see it as an opportunity to connect to the people When my kids were very young you know trying to get into sports we don't have many people  from our community

and they did not know about our culture. So I felt they were not welcomed.

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What I think my kids were treated differently was because they were really talented.

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They were always being selected last.

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I was very disappointed.

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The way they got treated at that time

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now my both my son and daughter is playing at a very high level. But they missed those opportunities they could have. They missed the pathways. They should have been to those pathways.

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that's where it all all started.

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And I thought okay

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I need to do something about it.

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So what we have done you know I was blessed enough

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at the time that the opportunities

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came to help the community

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and grow community sports.

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So we end up forming a Hume Cricket Club. Which is now one of the biggest cricket

club in northern part of Melbourne.

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So that is what inspired me to fix it. So what I have gone through or my kids have gone through

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should not happen to any other kids. So that is what we try to do at our club.

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I feel any family who's coming from overseas or any family doesn't matter where they come

from needs to be welcomed in community sports.

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I think that is what I expect from clubs. When the newly arrived communities or families come to your club they should be welcomed

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they should be making friends

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and they should be learning the local culture.

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Racism Doesn’t Belong in Our Game: Chloe’s Story

Chloe Ene

Honestly I I don't think you know penalising the person or the group is going to do much.

I think we just need to stomp our foot and educate it more.

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My name's Chloe. I’m full Samoan.

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My background of sport is rugby league. I grew up playing basketball and transitioned into rugby league.

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Sport means a lot. Rugby league is pretty much my religion. My whole family around me

grew up playing rugby league.

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I think being part of a club represents gives me the chance to represent my family

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represents my last name represents my ancestors. And.

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It gives you that chance. You know put on a jersey and and honour it.

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Being around rugby league

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being around the community you know you get especially finals times you know the crowd gets gets very hyped.

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It was a few years back where one referee

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was he was doing a school game. And a kid just came up and

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punched the referee after the game casually walked up to the referee and just punched him and

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just the sly comments you get in grand final

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finals times they'll call out their skin colour or they’ll just call out just silly comments. You know you’re supposed to be a role model for your kid not come and you know say that stuff.

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So to the young people out there you know don't be afraid to speak up. I think that's something I didn't do and not. And now like you know I'm a lot more educated on it

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Speaking up can can really change

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make a big change in

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back like I said in community

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and it can even make a change to that victim's life.

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I think clubs should set values. You know if everyone goes by those values

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and you know not because it's there on paper but you know because I want you and you know they know the meaning behind those values.

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If we get the right resources in the right areas you know and the right funding in the right places to educate the community. I think I don’t think I believe that we'll build

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just even more. And my hope is very high.

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