Davis said the league would work with the institute to establish baseline diversity statistics, and then set hiring targets. The NHL remains the only major North American sports league not to volunteer for an audit by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, which publishes widely read reports on race, gender and hiring in sports and the sports media industry. But she emphasized that she had been helping the league develop a comprehensive diversity and inclusion strategy since she was hired in November 2017. “It’s almost like the old guard was being told, ‘Pack your bags.’ “ĭavis acknowledged that the protest movement in the United States made the league’s anti-racism action more urgent. “It says to me that we’re moving forward,” said Mason, director of “Soul on Ice,” the 2016 documentary on pro hockey’s Black history. In July, a range of professional athletes appeared in a public service announcement for the group calling for an end to racism in hockey and in society. In June, Aliu joined with six other current and former NHL players to form the Hockey Diversity Alliance, which will focus on youth and community engagement to carry out its mission. That timing, said Damon Kwame Mason, who produced and directed a documentary on race and hockey, pushed the mainstream hockey media to report more about racism and helped set the stage for the NHL’s anti-racism steps this summer. Aliu’s first revelations came three weeks after veteran Canadian hockey commentator Don Cherry was forced to leave his widely watched “Coach’s Corner” segment on the Sportsnet hockey broadcast, after an on-air rant against immigrants.Īliu also went public less than two weeks after the Toronto Maple Leafs fired Mike Babcock as coach amid allegations that he fostered a toxic, bullying workplace. Late in 2019, former NHL player Akim Aliu went public with a series of racist incidents - including a minor league staff member donning blackface to mock him, and a coach using a racial slur - he believes helped short-circuit his career. Three months earlier, the American Hockey League suspended Brandon Manning of the Bakersfield Condors for using racist insults against Bokondji Imama of the Ontario Reign. In April, a group Zoom chat organized by the New York Rangers to introduce fans to prospect K’Andre Miller was derailed by hackers hurling racist slurs at him. The hockey world has been roiled by acts of bigotry. Dumba raised a fist during the ational anthem before the Wild played the Vancouver Canucks on Aug. Vegas Golden Knights and Dallas Stars players knelt last Monday. A handful of other players have demonstrated during anthems before postseason qualifying games.
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