Quote: Superted "Someone will no doubt take offence and call racism on this, but, Sandow is following the same path as many young, uber talented aboriginal kids have done in the past) - there's something culturally and socially that seems to impact their ability to focus on their career and professionalism - there are deep routed ties to their local communities, which are usually not the best environment for a professional athlete to thrive, whether that be as a result of behavioural issues or other vices like drink, drugs, gambling.... All something Sandow has struggled with quite publically.
My understanding is that this video is not the result of a dispute, but is actually a pre-arranged 'prize fight' that the locals then gamble on - he's been involved in a few over the last couple of weeks. Pretty common place in the community. Madness.....'"
It's not racism mate. It's the results of a generation of children stolen from their hunter gatherer Aboriginal communities and forced to live in these little Westernised towns and forced to speak English and forced to work for flour and water. A few generations later, these communities have done surprisingly well for themselves considering what they had to go through and the fact their are no jobs and no prospects for many people living in them. But there are still deep lying problems, as you'd expect with a lack of things to do and no money leading to fight clubs, gambling, alcoholism, drug taking and dealing etc.