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NHL misses the mark entirely with performative gestures regarding Black lives

In the four months between the NHL pausing its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resumption of the campaign this week, the world in no uncertain terms changed. The pandemic forced a new reality upon us, and the economic strife combined with increased awareness globally about how the police target and kill Black people with impunity led to a widespread call for change. It’s perhaps naive to expect the NHL to know better by now, despite establishing its Declaration of Principles and… Source link

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