North Melbourne's Sudanese-born rookie Majak Daw admits he was hurt after being the victim of racial abuse from a spectator during a VFL match at Port Melbourne on Saturday.

Daw was playing for the Kangaroos' VFL feeder team Werribee when the vilification occurred.

"It was quite a shock to me, that happening, but I suppose I can't control what other people are going to say," said Daw.

"All I've got to do is not dwell on it and move on."

The male spectator was ejected from the ground by police at halftime and faced further sanctions.

"It definitely did (hurt me)," Daw told the Nine Network.

"I was pretty flat in the first quarter and that carried on throughout the day and last night.

"But I'm feeling better now. I've had a lot of support from family, friends and the club, from Port Melbourne and Werribee and the VFL.

"And also through Twitter, I've had plenty of people writing comments and giving me their support.

"It's good to see that a lot of people don't accept what happened yesterday."

North Melbourne president James Brayshaw was appalled that Daw - who was yet to make his AFL debut - had been forced to endure racial abuse.

"I understand it was instantly dealt with and the person was ejected," Brayshaw said on the Nine Network.

"The police and the VFL are going to pursue that in the proper way.

"I thought with Jimmy Krakouer and Nicky Winmar and Michael Long, the stand those blokes took back in the 1980s has gotten rid of all of this.

"And we're now at 2011 and we don't have to deal with it any more.

"But maybe we've been asleep at the wheel a little bit. Maybe we need to get stronger with it."

Brayshaw said Daw, 20, was shaken by the incident.

"You should never have to put up with that," he said.

"To have to cop that at a VFL ground is a disgrace.

"I hope that person is dealt with in a strong fashion.

"I tend to swing towards a life (ban) but education is what it has got to be."

In another incident, Collingwood president Eddie McGuire was involved in a heated argument with a St Kilda fan at Saturday night's match at the MCG, after the Saints supporter made derogatory comments about the Magpies' Aboriginal forward Andrew Krakouer.

However, McGuire denied on Sunday there was any racial element to the Krakouer incident.

"There was an unsavoury comment earlier on and then, later in the game, the same guy went off where he just said 'kick him while he's down'," McGuire told the Nine Network.

"It just had a real edge to it. The first one I let go through.

"The second one I just said 'hey listen, you've had two, there won't be a third'.

"It wasn't just me around the place. Other people were outraged by it."

McGuire said a ground official took the Saints fan's number and there was no further trouble.

"I don't mind people barracking for their team. But there was an edge to this against Andrew Krakouer and I wasn't going to stand for it," McGuire said.

"It was a very demeaning way to speak of any person, whether black or white. We don't want that creeping back into the game."

AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson said the league abhorred any racial vilification at matches or in the wider community.

"Racial vilification has no place in our game and never will have," Anderson said in a statement.

"The AFL, players, clubs and state and territory leagues have done an enormous amount of work to spread the message, and the vast amount of supporters and football fans celebrate the fact that anyone from any background can and does play our game.

"But there are clearly some dinosaurs who refuse to heed that message and it is those people we don't want at our games."

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