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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
FWIW, I don't think Bill Peters is a racist.
I do, however, believe that he is a bully that has tried to intimidate players through offensive language, taunts and even physical contact. This is not things in the distant past; there have been numerous examples of these actions at just his last coaching stop.
Peters should not be coaching the Flames. An apology after you have been caught red-handed isn't an apology made out of remorse; its an apology made for self-preservation
This doesn't mean he should not be coaching hockey ever again. No one is beyond the opportunity for rehabilitation so long as they are honest and truly contrite about their past behavior.
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You simply don't drop an N-bomb if you don't have any racial prejudices, especially when speaking to a person of color. The fact that he so casually said it multiple times is enough proof that Peters has some level of dislike for black people. And even if he just used the word in a bully/intimidation tactic, he purposefully chose it to single out a specific player for the color of his skin, making him a racist
This isn't like 20 years ago when I was a kid and it was cool to use the word "gay" as slang for something you didn't like, LGBT equality is a fairly recent thing and it took awhile for casual language habits to change. The N-word has been explicitly off-limits since before Peters was born, he has no excuse