INDIGENOUS Tasmanian music star Dewayne Everettsmith has hit back at Anthony Mundine, saying the controversial boxer isn't welcome in the state after his offensive comments questioning world champion Daniel Geale's heritage.
At a press conference on Thursday to promote their upcoming title fight, Mundine offended Geale and the state's Aboriginal community by saying: "I thought they wiped all Aborigines from Tasmania out", and claiming Geale "doesn't represent us black people".
Mundine apologised for his comments on Friday, but Everettsmith, who has won international acclaim for his role in Tourism Australia's current $250 million advertising campaign, labelled the apology "a joke" and suggested Mundine should do some research on Tasmania's Aboriginal history.
"His comments were so racist and his apology so insincere, he needs to fix this if he ever expects to again be welcome in Tasmania," Everettsmith said.
But Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre legal manager Michael Mansell yesterday accepted Mundine's apology, claiming that "not everything Mundine said was wrong" on the topic of Aboriginal identity.
Mundine expressed concerns about Australians discovering a distant Aboriginal ancestor and using that information to claim Aboriginality. Mr Mansell said the practice had seen the number of Tasmanians claiming to be Aboriginal nearly double in recent years.
"Ordinarily the claims would be dismissed as fanciful, except schools and state governments get extra Commonwealth funding for every child that ticks the box on indigenous," he said.
"The issue that Anthony Mundine has raised will not easily go away until some common sense is put back into processes that are fair, reasonable and transparent."
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