OK, so Sam Kerr, superstar footballer and Indian*-Australian badass lesbian heroine, was charged in the UK with “racially aggravated harassment of a police officer”, which had everyone scratching their heads concerned for a few days

Then it came out that all she did (for better or worse) was call a cop a “stupid white bastard”, which is of course a completely regular and good thing to call a cop, and now she is even more beloved in Australia and beyond

*[post edited bc I originally and incorrectly said Aboriginal instead of Indian - my bad!]

@riotmuffin LMAO that's amazing

now i see why the BBC article i saw was so careful not to mention what she said.

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Here I am in England and I must say, she would have been absolutely correct to call a English police "stupid white bastard".
That's all she said? Remarkable restraint for an Aussie.

@riotmuffin bless you for trying but Kerr's father is half indian and her mum is "coded" white Australian (blonde white skin). She apparently has Filipino ancestry but you wouldn't be able to tell. So Kerr is a quarter Indian.

Ok here's why it's a problem: note that even my source (below) doesn't really fill in the "white" part of Kerr's parents' background. Her father's is British. So even though Kerr is likely majority "white" (really British) people only think or talk about the other parts of her ancestry, as though it is aberrant. I know you don't intend this but that's the lens. In reality she is a child of love that has conquered these boundaries.

So you should probably *start* by calling her mixed or just Australian, and if she identifies with one part of her ancestry then call her that. She identifies as Aboriginal so you should use that.

Source: https://playersbio.com/sam-kerr-parents-roger-and-roxanne-kerr-ethnicity-origin/

Sam Kerr Parents Roger And Roxanne Kerr- Ethnicity And Origin

Who are Sam Kerr parents? The Chelsea forward is known for her exceptional skills, goals, celebrations and speaking her mind.

Players Bio

@riotmuffin not allowed to call them pigs these days either.

So no choice but to call them rapists and murderers on the evidence from the Met.

@riotmuffin 100%, the reaction of everyone here in Australia was "You deadset legend!" 😂