MONTREAL — Racist taunts recently directed at a black hockey player were unacceptable and should not be tolerated, Quebec Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday. Legault raised the case of Jonathan-Ismael Diaby with reporters, saying he is appalled that hockey fans would hurl insults at a player because he's black. Diaby, a semi-pro hockey player for the Jonquiere Marquis, was subjected to racist taunts during a game in St-Jerome, Que., last Saturday. We cannot tolerate that a hockey player is insulted because he is black." We cannot tolerate that a hockey player is insulted because he is black.

Source: Huffington Post February 28, 2019 00:00 UTC