Support for Aboriginal shirt
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August 2, 2012, Thursday
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INDIGENOUS leaders have defended Australian boxer Damien Hooper's decision to wear a T-shirt with the Aboriginal flag at the Olympics, saying he should not apologize for it.
Hooper was warned by Australia's chef de mission Nick Green not to wear the shirt again after sporting it at his opening fight on Monday. But the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples said the incident was "bureaucratic insanity".
"Boxer Damien Hooper has a right to show his identity as an Aboriginal person in the Australian team," it said. "He has nothing to apologize for. Our peoples should be able to show that they are both Aboriginal and Australian."
Anthony Mundine, a former world boxing champion, said that Hooper "did the right thing". "I take my hat off to him for that stance," Mundine said. "It takes a person with big balls to make a big stance like that."
Hooper was warned by Australia's chef de mission Nick Green not to wear the shirt again after sporting it at his opening fight on Monday. But the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples said the incident was "bureaucratic insanity".
"Boxer Damien Hooper has a right to show his identity as an Aboriginal person in the Australian team," it said. "He has nothing to apologize for. Our peoples should be able to show that they are both Aboriginal and Australian."
Anthony Mundine, a former world boxing champion, said that Hooper "did the right thing". "I take my hat off to him for that stance," Mundine said. "It takes a person with big balls to make a big stance like that."
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