How Indigenous Matildas star Kyah Simon is using her voice to fight racism

Kyah Simon has always been proud.

It was one of the first lessons she learned from her fierce mother, Pam, an Anaiwan woman from northern New South Wales, and her dad, Gordon, a Biripi and Kamilaroi man from Newcastle.

Like many First Nations people, Pam and Gordon’s own pride was forged in…