Former Hawthorn star Cyril Rioli one of six who will take racism claims to the human rights commission
“We are some of the Indigenous families who endured racism at the Hawthorn Football Club,” the letter states.“We were treated as special projects and control of our lives was taken from us. We told our truths in confidence, because we believed that it would bring change.”The six say they will take their case to the Australian Human Rights Commission and have threatened to go all the way to the federal court.
At a late-night media conference on Tuesday, the AFL announced no adverse findings against Alastair Clarkson, Chris Fagan or Jason Burt over the Hawthorn racism allegations. Clarkson, Fagan and Burt have all vehemently denied any wrongdoing since the allegations surfaced via an ABC report last September.
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