In this morning's Toronto Star:

https://www.thestar.com/sports/hocke...st-taunts.html

Apparently a young, black kid, playing minor hockey in the Detroit area has had a tough year dealing w/racist nonsense from some of the opposing players, and perhaps some fans/parents as well.

PK Subban, the [[black) NHL star, heard about this and was nice enough to send out a personal message.

It speaks well of Subban, who has been known to be pretty decent guy, he donated millions to charity while playing in Montreal.

Racism exists everywhere, and is hardly unknown in hockey, especially in smaller Canadian communities [[though many are wonderfully free of such BS too).

But I must confess the article seemed to imply a level of acceptance of it from officials that I find inappropriate.

Anyone have any experience w/this in the Detroit area?

If so is it your perception that is any more or less of an issue than elsewhere?