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AFL, Gold Coast Suns players apologise to Joel Wilkinson for 2013 blackface incident
The Gold Coast Suns have acknowledged a “regrettable” incident of racism involving former player Joel Wilkinson at a 2013 Wacky Wednesday event, where two of his teammates dressed in blackface.
Key points:
- The Gold Coast Suns say two players dressing in blackface in 2013 was “inappropriate, unacceptable and regrettable”
- Former player Joel Wilkinson took the case to the Human Rights Commission in 2018
- The players involved, Alex Sexton and Leigh Osborne, have both apologised for their roles in the incident
Photos of the players, Leigh Osborne and Alex Sexton, were revealed by the Herald Sun after Wilkinson released documents pertaining to a 2018 Australian Human Rights Commission case into the matter.
“The Gold Coast Suns acknowledge that Joel…
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