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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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Sean Avery - who was not black in case you didn't notice - had a
far worse reputation than Kane.
And I don't think anybody is relating his persona to that of a rapper, so perhaps you need to look at your own stereotyping and what it says about you. A lot of people view Kane as something of a goof, and very much a "me first" player.
Has Kane faced down some racism in his professional career? Almost certainly. Is racism the root of why he is such a disliked figure? Nope. Not in the slightest.