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Talking About Racial Diversity in Hockey
by Alanah McGinley on 02/06/09 at 11:51 AM ET
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From Ryan Kennedy at The Hockey News:
Hockey and Black History Month have a sort of awkward relationship. Inevitably, February serves as the convenient time to tell stories of diversity in the NHL’s past and present, but also consequently reminds the reader how these plotlines are largely ignored during the other 11 months of the year.
This presents much hand-wringing amongst members of hockey’s media, who, by and large, have the diversity of a John Mayer fan club. The result? Wishy-washy columns about how skin color shouldn’t matter anymore backed up by testimonials from black NHLers forced to confirm a loaded question: Hockey’s not racist, right? Your teammates, the 20-plus guys you see every day for nine months and will no doubt hear your answer to this question, aren’t racist, right?
Talk about a Catch-22.
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Brilliant!
Posted by CheGordito on 02/06/09 at 02:06 PM ET