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Old 11-26-2019, 12:53 PM   #219
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Originally Posted by GioforPM View Post
The goofy thing is - Peters calls Aliu into the office, says "I really don't like that music you've been playing - the language bothers me", then rookie Akim probably changes it up, thanks the coach, goes on to have a decent relationship with him and it's better for everyone.

Which makes me think this was not only racist, but a move designed to humiliate Aliu.
Agreed. That attempt to humiliate Aliu may have been motivated by some misguided (and in itself unacceptable) Babcockian-school-of-amateur-psychology textbook about motivating hockey players. Or it may have been motivated by something more sinister. We will never know the answer. However, when one acts the way Peters allegedly acted, it certainly leaves the door wide open for people to suspect motivation #2.
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