'When you have ethnicities other than the ones that are being affected step up and say something, that causes a real dialogue.' Evander Kane joined FAN590 to discuss how, in the wake of another abhorrent incident of racial injustice, society can change.
Hockey has undergone a reckoning of sorts as of late, sparked by Akim Aliu speaking out about his experiences enduring racism throughout his tenure in the game. But the sport’s issues run far deeper than most acknowledge, says Kane, and stem from the fundamental culture that underlies it.
“And when you have certain players that don’t conform to what these old-school mindsets that are at the top are telling you to do, then you’re viewed as a bad apple or a problem or a bad guy. And that’s a major problem, and there’s been plenty of examples of that.” “When you’re coming into the league as a young player, and you see that, you’re thinking, ‘Well, I don’t want that to be me, I don’t want to be thought of as a bad guy, I don’t want to be thought of as the bad apple or the bad teammate or whatever it may be,’” Kane told Brunt, Deitsch and Blair. “And they just make a decision to conform, and it takes away from who they truly are.”
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