Hockey must be a zero-tolerance game for racism and those who cannot fit within that mould, the racists, need to move on and just fade away. Though built on fair play, hockey has not been immune to racism. Anti-Black racism was commonplace, its ideas and beliefs allowed to flourish, scattered like a truckload of seeds. To deny racism’s existence in hockey, in the past and today, would be eminently wrong. The excitement is building but before you set off, the father offers this tip: “Skating is hard.

Source: National Post August 05, 2020 10:05 UTC