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ABC presenter Tony Armstrong gave a raw, emotional response on Friday morning to the shocking racial abuse shouted at the children of AFL legend Eddie Betts while playing basketball in their front yard. 

A video posted online by former Carlton and Adelaide player Betts, who is Indigenous, shows a white car approaching his home before someone in the vehicle yells out the N-word four times.

Speaking on ABC News Breakfast, a clearly upset Armstrong, who is also Indigenous, said 'Eddie is a better man than I am' for how calm his reaction had been. 

'He has reached out and said he wants to talk to that person, what a star.'  

As sport stars and politicians expressed their disgust, Armstrong said he was 'not shocked that it's happening ... I'm more disappointed that people think that this doesn't happen, that this is out of the blue'.

'As a black person in this country, you walk out the door and you know anything could happen based on the colour of your skin, based on who you are as an Aboriginal person.

'(But) this is in the home ... over the fence, and we saw the reaction of the kids, running inside,' Armstrong said. 

He said he hoped Betts' children 'don't have a long lasting sense of PTSD with this, but unfortunately they probably will because it won't be the only one they're subjected to... I'm gutted'.

Armstrong pointed out that Betts 'has taken the high ground again' and that it could be a very different story if he had reacted differently. 

'What if Eddie heard and chased them down the street, as almost any parent would do if they were there to hear it ... He would be the one ending up being splashed (in the media as) "Angry Eddie Betts".'

Betts wrote on Instagram that 'Aboriginal kids deserve to be able to play safely, free from racism and abuse over the fence'.

'We are not even safe in our own homes. If you know who this is please let me them

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