Aussie netball star Donnell Wallem refuses to back down after being sent vile message in the post: ‘I will NEVER stop advocating for my people’
- Donnell Wallam has refused to give in to her critics
- Netball player received a disgusting letter in the mail
- She was at the center of a $15 million feud in 2022
Donnell Wallam has insisted she will not give in after being accused of costing the Australian Diamonds $15 million in sponsorship money.
Wallam, 30, caused outrage in October 2022 when she revealed she felt uncomfortable wearing the Hancock Prospecting logo on the Diamonds kit because of racist comments made by the company’s founder Lang Hancock almost four decades ago.
Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person and Lang’s daughter, heads the company and decided to pull the plug on the team’s $15 million sponsorship deal, plunging Netball Australia into financial crisis.
In the years since the feud, Wallam has lost her place on the team and has faced rude comments on social media.
But she revealed on Wednesday that it wasn’t just on social media that she’s been targeted, sharing a letter from a woman named “Mary” titled “Being Influenced By Radical Aboriginals.”
Daily Mail Australia has chosen not to publish the full letter, which told Wallam to “hang her head in shame” and that she is “a disgrace to the Noongar tribe” of Perth, Western Australia.
“As if the online hate wasn’t enough,” Wallam said as she shared the letter on her Instagram page.
“Mary thought she was going to send me a letter. I am beyond disgusted and hurt, but I will never stop defending my people. Black, Loud and Proud. ALWAYS.
Donnell Wallam has hit back at her critics after receiving a disgusting letter
She posted a message on Instagram saying she will never give up ‘standing up for her people’
‘Ps: Are there any Noongar friends of Mary who would like to come and pick up their sister?’
Wallam is a staunch defender of Indigenous rights in Australia and supported the ‘yes’ vote in last year’s referendum.
The Voice Referendum aimed to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution and create an advisory body to provide their views on policy.
However, the referendum was not a success: 60 percent of Australians voted against the proposal.