at the time she wasnt same as buddy franklin shes lived in melbourne for so long and iv never seen her in the community not once
She had an opportunity to speak out on the world's biggest stage and didn't. She took loads of sponsors apparently. Choc would have spoken out and he says what he wants.
She may not be outspoken, but she has a foundation that pumps hundreds of thousands of dollars into remote Aboriginal communities, she funds school ateendance and literacy programs in these communities as well as sports for the kids, including around $15 000 over 4 years for one boxing club in a remote Aboriginal community. So yeah I can see how she sold out and doesn't get involved in the community.
ill let you in on something here im a proud black fella and robbie peden has been here for little over two years and he has done more for our mob then cathy has in all her years livin in melb
Bombers a great bloke and I know he has a lot to do with the kids down at the stars gym. But what would I know about Cathy helping poor blackfellas, guess I'm too far out of the loop.
Nah mate i understand your point which is true but cathy to us is a hero but not a leader in sayin this im only talkin for my melb mob
Bro, I never lose. [url]http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national-old/mundine-slams-sellout-freeman/story-e6freooo-1111115034386[/url]
Kathy won the gold at the olympics , draped herself in the aboriginal flag , and displayed for the world to see that she is a proud aboriginal ,,and in the proud manner she done it she endeared herself to the rest of Australia and the world , making EVERYONE proud of her , black white and yellow . I've seen her visiting outstretched communities , and has pointed out she funds sports ect , for aboriginal youth, a perfect role model for aboriginals . Mundine well half white , lived a privileged lifstyle compared to the rest of aboriginals , his father a well known sportsman in a well paid govt job ,, using his black half to promote himself not aboriginals but himself , shouting racism every time he wants publicity or seeks attention ,, and all the time he gives up his aboriginal beliefs and becomes a ****ing muslim , thats if he ever had any aboriginal beliefs in the first place . SO Don't you worry about that, Mundine plays the aboriginal card for one reason SELF PROMOTION . , He's actually a half white Muslim and the only link to being aboriginal is the fact that his dad is and his arse kissing cousins are aboriginal ,,, Anthony left the fold a long time ago when he chose to be a HALF WHITE MUSLIM
[url]http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/god-and-selfbelief-are-all-i-need-/2007/05/12/1178899167742.html?page=fullpage[/url] "As a skinny kid of 13, he even shaped up to a senior national boxing champion to walk the walk. "I was a member of the West Australian boxing team at the national titles in Melbourne," he says. "A few of the younger boys and I gave an older boxer from another team cheek when he was really entitled to respect. He was on his way out but he warned us to expect a beat-down when he returned. I said 'OK, man, see you then' and we laughed. We went to sleep thinking he was only pulling our legs but at midnight we were woken by him banging on our door and screaming at us to open up. "He warned us that unless one of us went out into the car park and sparred him we'd all be beaten up. It was like 'Oh, wow man, this is crazy' but I said 'OK' and went out not knowing what to expect." As the older fighter speared what Steffensen described as "playful jabs" in his direction, West Australian teammate Danny Green - who has since become one of Australia's best boxers - walked on to the scene. "The Green Machine, Danny Green, thought I was being whupped by an older guy and he ran over to protect me," Steffensen says. "I just yelled everything was cool; the older cat was only foolin' and that was it."