Is It A Right To Speak Racially...Freedom Of Speech Anyone?

Quote: "Is there a boundary between freedom of speech and the use of racist terms?"

                                            - Me, just wondering out loud

Subliminal Matters: fast cars, hot girls, an inherent link between the two things, competition for Grid Girl 2012 draws the line at racism, should a competitor be disqualified for using racist terms on facebook?


Location: Alice Springs, logo for Finke Desert Race and Grid Girls Competition


Ad Review:  Needless to say, the logo is an accurate depiction of a correlation fast bikes and cars made for the world many many moons ago. It's not my cup of tea, but I suppose the fact that there's a girl, pink and a checkered flag draws the obvious conclusion. The logo is pretty unexciting if you ask me.


To be fair, it did not draw my attention for its artistic qualities, it was more the story behind it.  A competitor of the Grid Girl contest was thrown out of the competition for going on her facebook account and calling her upstairs aboriginal neighours names that included the n-word. The organizers of the competition found out and released the following statement: 

"We don't feel that it would be possible for her to be separated from this incident if she were to be selected."

NT News ran the story and my true surprise came from the commentators. The majority of comments seemed to find that there was an encroachment on the competitor's right to freedom of speech. And of course herein lies my question, is there a boundary between freedom of speech and a person's choice to use racist terms?