Racist taunts aimed at AFL player Callum Ah Chee have drawn the ire of the Brisbane forward, who questioned the repeated instances of vilification faced by himself and other players.
The Nyoongar man took to his personal Instagram to post screenshots of the racial epithets, made in comments also on the social media site.
An evidently upset Ah Chee posted a frustrated message alongside them, saying it was "not something you want to wake up to in the morning."
"How can this still keep happening[?]" questioned the 24-year-old.
"Why can't my brothers and I just play the game we love without having to worry about shit like this...
"If my son grows up playing the game - I hope he doesn't have to deal with this hate. It hurts and I'm sick to death of seeing it."
Ah Chee's club, the Brisbane Lions, also released a statement strongly condemning the incident and any like it.
"It’s disgusting behaviour and we must, and we will, continue to call it out," the club said in a statement.
"There is no place for racism in sport, or in society full stop. We have reported the incidences to the AFL Integrity Unit."
The club urged people to "educate themselves" around matters of racial vilification.
It follows several recent incidents involving racism within the AFL, coming just days after Eddie Betts made shocking revelations about his time with the Adelaide Crows.
Sparking an apology from the current CEO, the AFL great detailed disturbing incidents from a training camp that required players to scream at each other, misappropriated First Nations cultural elements, and misused a psychological profile of the player.
He also felt that his Aboriginal heritage was used as leverage to compel greater divulgences from him while the profile was being taken.
Meanwhile Fremantle forward Michael Walters, along with teammate Michael Frederick, who is of South Sudanese heritage, copped racial abuse following a NAIDOC week win.
Much like Ah Chee, Walters took to social media to post screenshots of the racist messages he had received online.
