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Originally Posted by fleury
I'm actually a bit surprised on here that people so vehemently deny that there's a race issue. It's pretty prevalent in most pro sports. It's something that nobody likes to talk about but to turn a blind eye or deny it exists is wrong. I don't like Evander, because he comes across as an ass, but IMO, it's likely exaggerated because of his skin colour as people relate his persona to a rapper. Guys like Ovechkin or Bissonette were pretty similar but didn't get as much slack despite having that non-conformist personality despite being hockey players. Iginla was pretty clean cut so to put him in that box wouldn't add up. As a black man in the hockey world he gets more hate because he plays the heel. Don't get me wrong, even if he was white he'd still be disliked, but I don't think it would be nearly as much.
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Agree with this; race may be a magnifying glass, but I don't think it's an initial cause of scrutiny.
I can't recall any stink associated with guys like Darnell Nurse or Seth Jones. Josh Ho-Sang may have a harder time changing his image than if he was a white player. I think people are willing to give Nazem Kadri less slack due to his skin colour too.
It's unfair, but if these guys never screwed up in the first place I don't think their race would be much of an issue at all (aside from occasional dumbass fans who throw bananas, etc.)