Collingwood has publicly called for former cheersquad leader Jeff "Joffa" Corfe to apologise for a racist social media post.
The long-time Magpies fan has been synonymous with the black and white army for years, best known for putting on his gold jacket towards the end of wins to signal game over.
He relinquished duties as Collingwood cheersquad leader at the end of 2019 after moving to Fiji.
However, Joffa remains a vocal supporter of the club and has staunchly defended Collingwood president Eddie McGuire since his early resignation last month in the fallout from the 'Do Better' report which found the club guilty of "systemic racism".
But the diehard Pies fan has now landed himself in hot water after publishing a racist tweet towards Indians working in age care on Tuesday night.
โGet rid of all Indian workers in aged care might be a start,โ Joffa tweeted.
Get rid off all Indian workers in aged care might be a start.
— Joffa Corfe (@JCorfe) March 2, 2021
Collingwood's official Twitter account on Wednesday night condemned the tweet and called for an apology.
โJoffa Corfe is not a member of the Collingwood Football Club but has had a long association with our organisation,โ the tweet read.
โAs such we cannot stand by his comments of last night. We condemn them and ask him to consider the hurt he has caused and an appropriate apology.โ
Joffa Corfe is not a member of the Collingwood Football Club but has had a long association with our organisation.
As such we cannot stand by his comments of last night. We condemn them and ask him to consider the hurt he has caused and an appropriate apology.
— Collingwood FC (@CollingwoodFC) March 3, 2021
However, Joffa ruled out an apology this morning in response to the Magpies' tweet: "And an apology will not be forthcoming have a wonderful day everyone. Off to surfers to live the life."
And an apology will not be forthcoming have a wonderful day everyone.
Off to surfers to live the life ๐— Joffa Corfe (@JCorfe) March 3, 2021
It comes as Collingwood last month formed an anti-racism expert group to better its culture after the findings of the 'Do Better' report.
Magpies Nathan Buckley acknowledged in an interview withย AFL Media he and the club had taken great learnings from the report, including educating themselves about what systemic racism is.
โWhat I now understand is that is a form of systemic racism, the dismissing and denial of experience is not a direct act but in many ways it reinforces the pain and trauma that Heritier felt and that Andrew and Leon have spoken about. It's feeling like they don't have a voice and they don't have somewhere to go and that's the systemic aspect of it,โ he said.
โWhen you reflect on that you [think] โOK, how can we do this better?' because you've got to be aware and conscious of it, and there's a lot of listening [to] and learning [from] that needs to take place from the people that have felt for a long time that they don't have a voice. I feel like we've taken pretty good strides as a club.
โOur internal environment has improved but clearly there's still work to do and as I said, it's not about my experience, it's not about anyone's experience from a white privileged background, it's actually about hearing the experiences of people who feel like they're not being honoured the way they should be.โ