This week, the National Hockey League (NHL) held a press conference to announce that the league was overwhelming white and male. Of course; this being the 21st Century, it is a problem. The NHL is a business, not a social advocacy group! The main purpose is to put asses in seats and get asses in seats. And for three decades NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has done a terrible job running the NHL. But despite a useless POS at the helm, the NHL was running fine without diversity and inclusion. Now the league brought in a quota queen to get rid of the non existent racism in the NHL. People who work for the NHL or its clubs are hockey fans. They are majority white. The players are majority white. The fans are majority white. The NHL has spent millions in promoting youth hockey in the ‘hood and it barely made a dent in diversity in the NHL. Do you think that the homies at Rucker Park or any park in the hood are talking about hockey!? No. Most inner city people can’t afford to play hockey. Hockey is not cheap. Skates, pads, helmets, sticks, and the cost of ice at the rinks! I can’t afford to let my kids play hockey! And the worst part is that nobody is demanding that the NHL be more diverse, because nobody cares.
When the NHL front office looks like an Episode of Law and Order, look for the new hires to file lawsuits and complaints of racism, sexism and every other -ism one can think of! And of course straight white men get screwed again!
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