waltthizzney
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left toronto today brahs... ill miss yall, this city wild, some great people tho
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waltthizzney
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Vancouver.... Lemme no if y'all got any questions. Toronto is great for getting a good job but man this city can be tough. I'll miss sitting at llyods for hours though classic Toronto fukkery
Damn broski. Be prepared to be the only black man and standing out a lot. Vancouver still a nice ass city but hella expensive
The Odum of Ala Igbo
Hail Biafra!
Finesse and kuwall
waltthizzney
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brah toronto is no cheaper
this is true
Going to start looking for jobs in Manitoba and the maritimes
go fo it.... all nikkaz that I know who do this all come back. Outside BC, Ontario and Quebec ain't no damn cities you want to be in.
my boy didn't make a year in edmonton he been flying back for interviews in Ontario since he left
Anyone know where I can get cbd oil in the city?
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Quebec gonna Quebec
Quebec hockey league confronts racism after black player Diaby taunted
Quebec hockey league confronts racism after black player Diaby taunted
Frederic Daigle
Montreal
The Canadian Press
Published February 26, 2019 Updated 16 hours ago
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Hockey player Jonathan-Ismael Diaby is shown in a handout photo.
/The Canadian Press
The commissioner of a Quebec-based semi-professional hockey league has apologized after a player for the Jonquière Marquis and family members in attendance were subjected to racist taunts from the stands in St-Jerome Saturday night.
Jonathan-Ismael Diaby, a third-round draft choice for the NHL’s Nashville Predators in 2013 who is black, left the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey game during the second period as a result of the verbal abuse.
“I want to apologize to Jonathan Diaby and his family,” league commissioner Jean-François Laplante said in a video posted to Facebook after the incident. “Racist, sexist, homophobic comments are completely unacceptable and cannot be tolerated, whether it’s in everyday life or in our arenas.”
He said that the spectators who hurled abuse at Diaby and his family represent “a tiny part” of the league’s fan base, but he nonetheless appealed for good behaviour as the playoffs approach. “Cheer on your teams in a civilized way and always show respect,” Laplante said. “Intolerance of differences is based on ignorance, and to combat it, it must be denounced and spoken about.”
He ended the video by declaring, “Je suis Diaby” – I am Diaby.
Video of the game on the league’s website shows a fan harassing Diaby, 24, as he entered the penalty box. The fan can be seen making racist gestures and pointing to an image on his cellphone, which Diaby has said was a baboon. A few minutes later, an altercation broke out in the stands where Diaby’s friends and family were seated.
Diaby has said they were also subjected to racist taunts from fans of the home-team Les Pétroliers du Nord, whose St-Jérôme base is about 45 kilometres north of Montreal. His father was told to go back to where he came from, Diaby said. When he learned what was going on, the six foot five inch, 218-pound defenceman decided not to return to the ice.
“My family was not safe. That’s when I decided to leave,” Diaby told Radio-Canada. “The security guards did not do much.” He said that instead of kicking out the troublemakers, security asked his family to move to a different section. The fan who confronted Diaby at the penalty box was simply told to take his seat.
Georges Laraque, a former NHL player who experienced racism during his playing career, said he cannot believe the situation was allowed to degenerate to the point where even Diaby’s family was targeted.
“There is still a long way to go in society to achieve equality,” said Laraque, who played junior hockey in Quebec and finished his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens. “In the arenas, hockey is considered to be a white sport, and racism in hockey is too easy. I was a victim of it throughout my career in minor hockey.”
Quebec gonna Quebec
Just saw that
I wish I was there I’d be clocking cacs left and right
Need to go hundred deep
I remember when I played hockey i had my parents and s bunch of fam always there
I wish a cac would