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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
I have had racist stuff said to me. Some of it recent, much of it from my school days. I still see some of those people, and don't hold that stuff against them. In fact, I probably handled it poorly back then, compared to how I handle that stuff now.
The point is that some people really are just a product of their environment, and that type of environment is becoming far less common here in Canada. I believe we should be teaching why things are wrong, recognizing that things are different, especially in the past. Once upon a time, that word was pretty damn common, as were many other derogatory names.
Peters might be a changed person, maybe not. I think what matters most is what has he done since that day, did he truly apologize and how much has he grown as a person.
Either way, he doesn't work for me, and his bosses will decide if this is something that they want hanging on them going forward.
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Even if Peters has changed dramatically in 10 years it doesn't matter, he needs to be fired. He has a very public job in an organization that reaches millions of people, there have to be standards that can't be crossed. Especially today with a guy like Trump giving rise to a new white nationalism movement, you simply have to stamp out any kind of racial injustice and provide real consequences, so that everyone in and around the league knows that it will not be tolerated