Warning: this article contains references to offensive and racist language.

Australia's race discrimination commissioner says the AFL is failing in its responsibility to fight against racism aimed at its players.

"If you want to be number one, you should be number one leading work against racism and you're nowhere near that," Giridharan Sivaraman told the Indigenous Affairs Team.

"That would be my message to [AFL boss Andrew] Dillon."

Mr Sivaraman's comments came in response to Dillon's appearance in the final episode of the ABC's documentary series End Game .

Series presenter and former Sydney Swans player Tony Armstrong asked the AFL boss: "Why is [racism] so hard to combat?"

Dillon told Armstrong racism was "a societal issue".

"Maybe it's magnified within the AFL and the sporti

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