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GGG · 04-21-2014, 03:32 PM

I think the use of the work 'Thug' is definately coded language a lot of the time. People calling Kane a 'Thug' is definately a racist statement. However, people calling Emery a thug I think get a pass. He is a thug in terms of how he plays hockey. Fits right in beside Bertuzzi.

For Subban I don't think that it is racially motivated. I think he gets treated very similar to the way Phaneuf did. These young, high ego, high skill guys are going to get put down in the media regardless of colour.

I think that dismissing the idea that racisim exists in hockey would be wrong as you only have to go back to someone throwing a banana at Wayne Simmonds but to suggest the narritive around these players is driven buy their skin colour I believe is false.

04-21-2014, 03:32 PM	#105
GGG Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Exp:	I think the use of the work 'Thug' is definately coded language a lot of the time. People calling Kane a 'Thug' is definately a racist statement. However, people calling Emery a thug I think get a pass. He is a thug in terms of how he plays hockey. Fits right in beside Bertuzzi. For Subban I don't think that it is racially motivated. I think he gets treated very similar to the way Phaneuf did. These young, high ego, high skill guys are going to get put down in the media regardless of colour. I think that dismissing the idea that racisim exists in hockey would be wrong as you only have to go back to someone throwing a banana at Wayne Simmonds but to suggest the narritive around these players is driven buy their skin colour I believe is false.