I’ve been in Sam Kerr’s shoes - a terrified woman of colour trapped in the back of an Uber - and I don’t blame her.
I’ve been in Sam Kerr’s shoes, and not only do I completely understand her behaviour during her infamous exchange with a constable in a Twickenham police station, I don’t have a problem with it.
Kerr’s exchange with Lovell has sparked a debate about racism, women, violence and power. Who is really wielding it here? What I know is that if we are going to talk about the power of words in that room, we need to also take into account the power of identity.I see a lot of myself in Kerr. I’m no professional football player but, like her, I have South Asian heritage, I’m queer-identifying, and I’ve grown up in an Australian capital city.
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