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‘The sport is not speaking to them.’ Hockey has a race problem, but there’s hope for a better future
One hundred per cent.”A handful of racist incidents involving Black NHL players have surfaced over the last decade. A poll by FiveThirtyEight.com and Ipsos this past spring found 77.1 per cent of hockey fans in America are white, 6.8 per cent Hispanic and 6.5 per cent Black. The same poll also found 35.4 per cent, politically speaking, identify as Republicans and 36.5 per cent independent. The Star also contacted the Canadian Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League and Western Hockey League via email to ask about anti-racism policies, without a response as of publication. “I think we can see already in youth hockey, there’s much more representation from minority communities.
Source: thestar December 26, 2020 11:02 UTC
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