Only two Indigenous players have ever played for the Australian Netball Team. They share their thoughts on Super Netball's missed opportunity when the game's sole current First Nations player sat on the bench during the Indigenous Round.
There has only ever been two Indigenous players to represent the Diamonds throughout netball's long history.
Queensland Firebirds midcourter Jemma Mi Mi is a proud Wakka Wakka woman and had been the player doing most of the heavy lifting when it came to promoting the upcoming round.As someone that has been a sole figure at the top level before, Marcia Ella-Duncan told the ABC she felt absolutely shattered watching the game, but not surprised.
The ABC reached out to the club for comment on Sunday night, but was told they had no intention to address the matter. "The system itself does not accept responsibility. Nor does it accept that there are failures in the system for a particular race of people. That continuing failure to act can only be described as racism."
"There needed to be a bit more cultural sensitivity around the fact that Indigenous Round is really special for our people and Jemma should have been able to be a part of that win," she said. While Ella-Duncan and Finnan-White are both happy to see the amount of support the online community has offered Jemma Mi Mi, they expressed real concern about her welfare moving forward.
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