“I never looked at myself or ever felt I was ‘just a hockey player,’” said Subban in a statement. “I always looked at myself as a person who happened to play hockey.”Like Chara, Subban was often booed viciously in enemy rinks. Many Black NHL players have talked about how they felt compelled to tone down their individuality and culture to be accepted into hockey’s mainstream. “The biggest thing that I want to say on behalf of our family is that we don’t we don’t need pity from anyone,” he told Sportsnet earlier this year. We don’t need anybody’s pity, you know, and no one felt sorry for us when we went through our experiences through our life.

Source: thestar September 21, 2022 01:47 UTC