The Booing Research Paper

The booing of Adam Goodes is not racially motivated. ‘Booing’ cannot necessarily be identified as racial remark. Adam Goodes is the one who can stop the booing. His actions and responses in situations have caused people to begin the booing to show their dislike for his ways. Therefore the booing isn’t racially motivated in anyway.

Have you ever been to an AFL match and heard spectators booing and calling out through out games? The AFL atmosphere involves booing of players in response to their actions, playing style and behaviours. Booing can’t be defined as a racial remark. Football involves booing and calling out to players. All players witness or recieve boos from supporters in each game. The booing of all players isn’t racist its purely based on dissatisfaction with the …show more content…
Spectators still remember Adam calling out 13 year old girl when she called him an “ape”. Adam was seen to overreact and cause controversy over the issue, even though the young spectator was unaware the term ape was racist. This caused controversy due to her age and little knowledge that the term was racist. She was removed from the ground, but later apologised.This has lead the spectators to not like his behaviour and are dissatisfied with the way he has gone about it. Adam's spear throwing goal celebration was looked upon spectators in various ways. Through the discussion of the war dance it created multiple different views which brought about a tension relating back to Adam. This war dance brought back more tension to Adam which added more to the already existing case. Adam has brought about attention to himself which is growing. He has been seen to taunt opposition fans, which will of course lead to a reaction which won’t necessarily be the one he wanted. The reactions build up and as he continually does so, the booing continues. The booing occurs for many reasons and his history in the media being one of