Great that you posted this. Everyone knows Don's point was that people weren't giving Remembrance Day the respect it deserved. Few people are as passionate about our veterans as Don. CBC wanted him gone for years and this comment gave them the opening to set a narrative and send him off.
They focused on the "you people" as some of racist dogwhistle. I've heard him use "you people" in every one of his rants. It's just a thing he says as a stand-in for the people whose opinion he doesn't share and he's ranting about (Toronto sports media, people who want fighting banned, etc). I also love how the reddit types were like "everybody knows "you people" is racist AF" but when Trudeau was shown to have been a serial blackfacer they were like "we/he had no idea blackface is considered racist, Canadians wouldn't be so hypersensitive to things like that bc we live a utopia with nothing but perfect racial harmony!". Yet "you people" (which MIGHT rub people the wrong way in very specific coversational contexts) is an unforgiveable sin of blatant racism/xenophobia. Let's be honest, they wanted Grapes gone for a long time and would use any reason.
The hilarious thing is what he said that got him canned was not racist at all. But for decades he skated on all that trash he’d say about European players
They did Don Cherry dirty. CBC and Ron. Grapes was Saturday night in Canada, he was nostalgic and controversial. I miss him dearly. Saturday’s aren’t the same
I listen to Don Cherrys podcast during the first intermission of the Saturday games. I turn down the sound on the TV and Mr. Cherry is still my first intermission.
Yeah. Since when is “you people” remark is racist? That’s not racist, only people who keeps saying Don Cherry’s racist are the ones whom are racist. I boycotted Rogers and Sportsnet and quit “Hockey Night In Canada” not just for wrongfully firing Grapes, but for murdering “Coach’s Corner” and the tradition. I abandoned HNIC for Cherry’s Grapvine podcast show.
One example isn't enough to give Don "Racist" Cherry a good guy individual. For many years Cherry disrespected foreign players for being soft and taking good ole Canadian boys money. Glad his verbal nonsense is no longer on National TV.......
Huge respect for Sean sharing that story! I bet there are a ton of stories like this that will unfortunately never be told. Hockey pretending to be inclusive and for everyone but has a history of dumping people fast if they have an independent thought.
@@sgtbucksauce9129 He is gone because he is ignorant - which is why you like him. You're so insecure you have to overcompensate by calling others soft.
@@widehalk We liked him because he said what was on his mind. Little harsh at times but thats why he was entertaining. Not to mention a hockey wizard. It was time for him to go we could all see it coming but he deserved better than that. He got no goodbye or celebration that he definitely deserved. Now people are scared to even talk about him. That's thanks to the new soft generation.
I love the raptors and used to watch Will Lou's basketball show on Sportsnet. One show he made a joke. Something like how do you know a racist! and the answer / punchline was Don Cherry. I still follow the raptors tons....but have not watched Will Lou's show since! It was great to hear Sean McMorrow and his positive experience wit non racist Don Cherry.....
Don cherry was obviously past his prime in his last few years on hnic and he wasn’t up to speed with the game anymore, but Don was awesome, and a legend for years.
most people who say he is racist have never even seen him live. the internet, social media and media overall likes to take sides without knowing anything.
Cherry might have pissed people off, but he spoke what most wouldnt about on ice or even off ice about the game. He also spoke from his heart about everyday general things. Especially his country, our country!! Canada, that is something we lack and its sad.. look at how Americans talk about their country with PRIDE!! As a Canadian i feel we lack pride and self respect and responsibility, as a country, as citizens and a whole.. time to bring back the real red and white through real life and hockey. Or any sport or profession. I tell my 2 little girls 10 and 12 everyday. BE YOU,BE REAL. At the end of the day your going to sleep knowing your doing your best and being true to thyself and thoughts. That brings peace...Canada its time to unite we are a multicultural country that has many prides and morals. At the end of the day,whether it was grandparents parents yourself that moved to.this country for a better life. Time to represent red and white with pride no matter race coulours or religion.. our home our land
I remember my family, even when watching other TV shows, would flip over to catch Coach's Corner. Now, we tune out and look at our laptops while HNIC is shilling chinese phones.
@@SouthernSkeptic diversity hires. One black, one older woman, one former player, and one old white guy. Next on the chopping block is Ron, old white guys are not part of this new Diversity kick. Diversity includes everyone except Whites.
Grapes came from a different era-no punches pulled, more about the game then the theatrics, though his wardrobe was theatrical. Sadly that was mistaken as what it was from the higher ups.
Miss rock em sock em, and his soldier patriot skits. Suits all of it. We saw how well george stopolopogus did 😂🤣 I'm sure PK or whoever next will do great. Glad to have wayne,Kevin Weekes and Biz
Not saying they're perfect, but CBC had his back for decades. This is on Rogers. Look how awful the HNIC broadcasts are ever since Rogers took over. They took the soul out of the game.
Jesus Christ, I still can't believe people write these same 4-word defenses. What exactly is the purpose of such an empty statement? Were you hoping to start a discussion or was it just a brain fart you had to get out?
He didnt even make a mistake. Hes pissed immigrants come to his country and dont accept the country's traditions. Like lots of other people in the west are.
No, he got fired for not apologizing for a mistake because he was good at slamming other people but can't take a good look in the mirror (unless it was to make himself look good).
Grapes was the best. Honoured the troops the way they should be and always spoke his mind. It was the soft people waiting to be offended, that got offended. The way of the world now. But raisins? Man, he’s the worst person on HNIC. And that’s saying something because Elliot Friedman is on there. Raisins just rattles through his “anecdotes” and “stories” incoherently. He’s just awful.
Jesus Christ, I still can't believe people write these same 4-word defenses. What exactly is the purpose of such an empty statement? Were you hoping to start a discussion or was it just a brain fart you had to get out?
I don't think Don is racist, he's just a bit xenophobic. He wasn't talking about black guys in the incident that got him fired, don't think he ever has said anything remotely racist towards black people.
I don’t get why this made up word “xenophobic” is even a problem. It’s only wrong for white countries to put their own interests first or to even ask foreigners to respect their culture aka wearing a poppy
Beware of these Top 10 Techniques used to CONCEAL the system of white supremacy racism: 1. Denying: totally ignoring racism or simply asserting that racism does not exist. 2. Deflecting: insisting that any inequality is based on class, culture, ethnicity, family values… anything, but race. Or using words like “diversity” or “ethnicity” when you’re really talking about race -- because any acknowledgement of race may be an admission that there’s racism. 3. Coding: using certain words, symbols and images to evoke racial fears--but not explicitly mentioning race--so as not to appear racist. (Words such as “gang member,” “illegal alien,” and “welfare queen”--all frequently associated with images of people of color--are routinely and strategically inserted into policy debates. Political ads--such as President Bush Sr.’s use of the Willie Horton ad to conjure up white fears of black men, or former California Governor Pete Wilson’s ads of undocumented immigrants--were racist tools used to win elections.) 4. Confusing: cleverly appointing token Black people to positions to act as spokespersons or leaders to promote and justify racist measures or deny that something is racist. 5. Personalizing: blaming individuals, instead of institutions, for anything that may seem unequal or racist. 6. Exceptionalizing: acknowledging that there may be an extremist or “bad apple” responsible for a racist act, but never conceding that there is any institutional accountability or systemic inequality. 7. Scapegoating: holding people who are adversely affected by racism responsible for their own plight, blaming things on their “pathological” value and lifestyles, such as laziness, promiscuity or lack of “personal responsibility.” 8. Mythologizing: appealing to the great American myths: anyone who tries can succeed (myth of meritocracy); everyone/everything is equal (myth of the level playing field), or race is irrelevant (colorblind myth), etc. 9. Decontextualizing: ignoring the context of racism so that things appear to be isolated incidents, rather than part of a pattern or bigger picture. The evening television news is notorious for this, portraying, for example, a violent crime in a black neighborhood without any examination of the causes or.context. Similarly, when white people raise charges of so-called “reverse racism,” it ignores history, white privilege and the ongoing existence of a very uneven playing field. 10. Lying: simply asserting that racism doesn’t exist even when you know it does. It’s easier to lie since telling the truth might mean having to admit responsibility. In fact, sometimes the bigger the lie, the more people believe it.
LOL git gud, bro--sell that to the kids, because people in the real world know bullshit peddling when they see it. The division you sow is making a lot of grifters money, though--stick tap for that, I guess.
he was never really racist. definitely prejudiced. he hates immigrants and in hockey he hated most of the europeans. definitely has some issues. the dude is like 90 years old and just didn't adapt with the times
Of course Don's not a racist, but his time on air was long LONG overdue. His filters and unwillingness to learn, to keep up with names, terms and the changing climate/game were his undoing. You probably won't ever find a more passionate Canadian man than Don - someone who gave his all to the game of hockey - but in a very quickly changing market, he had to be moved on from because his opinions became bigger than the product.
You don’t know the whole story. There’s probably more to it. Besides It’s not as if Don treated him great over the years. They weren’t “best friends” who shared the same values. They were coworkers. Also Don was always belittling him on air.
Great story but remember that it was not just once incident and he's had many chances but I love the "I got a black friend" story cause I bet you would not have been treated the same way if you were just a kid off the streets.
There wouldn't have been the same story, because why would he know some kid on the street? How many black kids on the street do you know, and if you know a lot, why do you? Collecting them like Pokemon?
I don't really think anyone is saying Don is racist on an individual level. Kinda being missed here. Hes a deeply patriotic person who thinks what it is to be Canadian is white, European, Christian values. He's just an old guy who grew up in a different time who doesn't understand we need to be progressive about racism. Much of it is often subconscious.
Don Cherry wasn't fired because he said anything racist. He was fired because he was a bad representative to the future of the sport. His last broadcast featured a pretty heavy handed anti-immigrant tirade. People saying that he was "cancelled" because of "woke culture" are completely disingenuous. It was his job to present hockey to EVERYBODY. We talk about wanting to grow the sport whether it's making it more accessible to minorities or just simply getting more eyes on it. Sean talks about this later in the interview. How can you expect someone who's new to hockey and new to this country see what Don said and want anything to do with the sport?
It was made that he was racist, jagmeet singh made sure to talk about how his grandfather fought for the English while in India after this incident, and so many people used it as a racist incident.
No it's not disingenuous lmao. It is woke culture. Do you know how many black people go on the airwaves, and talk about "White people, stealing their culture" and overtly saying incredibly racist things, but since it's against white folks it's okay? I.E The View. You are the one being disingenuous by not realizing this. Also his tirade had nothing to do with hockey, it was about military who fought for the country, and all he said was "you people" which has been a word in his vocabulary for decades.
If they are butt-hurt about anything Don said then they probably aren’t going to be interested in this sport. There’s other sports for buttersoft people like soccer and badminton. Go watch those if Don Cherry offended you.
@@Negative.headspace This does not at all address my comment. Sure, people called him racist (I don't believe he is) but I never insinuated that people did.
This. I've worked in hockey for 10+ years. I've seen Grapes come to the rinks and talk to kids, hide in the stands or time keeper box to watch kids games. He's always been full of class and sweet to the staff. But the same people who shook his hand, took a picture and thanked him said shit just like this. "Well, he's white and old. He's probably racist". The irony. This type of comment sums up the 2020s. Arrogant, righteous and racist.
Great that you posted this. Everyone knows Don's point was that people weren't giving Remembrance Day the respect it deserved. Few people are as passionate about our veterans as Don. CBC wanted him gone for years and this comment gave them the opening to set a narrative and send him off.
They focused on the "you people" as some of racist dogwhistle. I've heard him use "you people" in every one of his rants. It's just a thing he says as a stand-in for the people whose opinion he doesn't share and he's ranting about (Toronto sports media, people who want fighting banned, etc). I also love how the reddit types were like "everybody knows "you people" is racist AF" but when Trudeau was shown to have been a serial blackfacer they were like "we/he had no idea blackface is considered racist, Canadians wouldn't be so hypersensitive to things like that bc we live a utopia with nothing but perfect racial harmony!". Yet "you people" (which MIGHT rub people the wrong way in very specific coversational contexts) is an unforgiveable sin of blatant racism/xenophobia. Let's be honest, they wanted Grapes gone for a long time and would use any reason.
The hilarious thing is what he said that got him canned was not racist at all. But for decades he skated on all that trash he’d say about European players
Who wanted to fired Don Cherry? Someone had to do this?
They did Don Cherry dirty. CBC and Ron. Grapes was Saturday night in Canada, he was nostalgic and controversial. I miss him dearly. Saturday’s aren’t the same
So did Spittin' Chiclets
I'm glad Don is gone now that I see what CBC and HNIC became. True legend and legitimately one of the greatest Canadians.
I listen to Don Cherrys podcast during the first intermission of the Saturday games. I turn down the sound on the TV and Mr. Cherry is still my first intermission.
Don does a Podcast with his son and daughter. Posts every Sunday and it’s about 30mins, haven’t missed one yet, a Canadian hero
@@jjb1774 , he does. I save it for Saturday nights. 👍
@@jjb1774 where can I find it?
@@SnapsZGaming Apple podcast, Spotify
Everyone knows Don Cherry was treated unfairly and is not a racist. Dude is a Canadian legend
Yeah. Since when is “you people” remark is racist? That’s not racist, only people who keeps saying Don Cherry’s racist are the ones whom are racist.
I boycotted Rogers and Sportsnet and quit “Hockey Night In Canada” not just for wrongfully firing Grapes, but for murdering “Coach’s Corner” and the tradition.
I abandoned HNIC for Cherry’s Grapvine podcast show.
We could all learn something from Don. He's a Canadian legend! Too many ppl get upset just to get upset
Thank you so much , Spittin Chiclets for posting this !!!!! We should all stand up for Grapes!
One example isn't enough to give Don "Racist" Cherry a good guy individual. For many years Cherry disrespected foreign players for being soft and taking good ole Canadian boys money. Glad his verbal nonsense is no longer on National TV.......
You should protest outside somewhere
There's a person in Canada who wore countless racist costumes who also has used the term "you people"
Its okay if your on the left. It gets a pass.
@@jaymielee1110 Honestly yeah, the double standard is amazing
This is hockey,not politics bud
@Jesse Bradley
Tell that to the CBC, scrub.
its nice that you have a computer on your ward
Don shouldn't apologize. Not his fault everyone so f*cking sensitive today
Huge respect for Sean sharing that story!
I bet there are a ton of stories like this that will unfortunately never be told. Hockey pretending to be inclusive and for everyone but has a history of dumping people fast if they have an independent thought.
Don Cherry is the man and screw anyone that says otherwise
HNIC is better off without Cherry......
@@crow_2k11beatsbydre8 lol hnic has been dogshit since he left. and the viewership dropped. they got what they deserved
Okay Nancy
@@crow_2k11beatsbydre8 is horrible without don*
You guys at Spittin' Chiclets were quick to throw Cherry under the bus, though
i miss Don. We all knew what he ment.
Yeah... we knew what he meant... which is why he's gone.
@@widehalk Hes gone because of soft pigeons like you
@@sgtbucksauce9129 He is gone because he is ignorant - which is why you like him. You're so insecure you have to overcompensate by calling others soft.
@@widehalk We liked him because he said what was on his mind. Little harsh at times but thats why he was entertaining. Not to mention a hockey wizard. It was time for him to go we could all see it coming but he deserved better than that. He got no goodbye or celebration that he definitely deserved. Now people are scared to even talk about him. That's thanks to the new soft generation.
@@sgtbucksauce9129 youre a clown! There's as much cancel culture in your boomer generation.the lefts is to blame
"Former NHLer.." Technically true. As a former drug smuggler.
I miss Grapes on HNIC
You can go watch old videos on Cherry disrespecting foreign players to your pleasure, HNIC is way better off without that racist.....
@@crow_2k11beatsbydre8 what a stupid statement
Ron was a coward too... chose a paycheck over having his friend's back
Yep. Then he preaches about his values
Almost like he forgets hes White too. But hes in with the cool kids so i guess he ges a pass.
I agree since it was cherry that fought the network to bring back mclean
Cherry isn't racist he's just a older dude who speaks in what people now consider not political correct terms.
Woke foolishness. Petty nastiness from the tattletale minority.
Get Don on the show boys
I love the raptors and used to watch Will Lou's basketball show on Sportsnet. One show he made a joke. Something like how do you know a racist! and the answer / punchline was Don Cherry. I still follow the raptors tons....but have not watched Will Lou's show since! It was great to hear Sean McMorrow and his positive experience wit non racist Don Cherry.....
snowflake
@@caveson7316 Oh! like every snowflake fake name who comments.
Don cherry was obviously past his prime in his last few years on hnic and he wasn’t up to speed with the game anymore, but Don was awesome, and a legend for years.
Nobody is beating the Andre Roy interview.
Was one of the best for aure
No shit Don Cherry isn’t racist. It isn’t racist to point out that people aren’t grateful for what WW or any war veterans did for them.
Mclean made his career on sitting there like a schoolmarm next to grapes!
WE MISS YOU DON!!!
From 1993 to 2006 my favourite Christmas gift was Rockem Sockem VHS tapes .. Red River Ron 🖕
Amazing comment. Love this 👍👏😂
Don's the best. Karen's don't like him
he's only racist against European players 😂 bunch of figure skaters over there...
he loved salming
Lol reading the title I’m like “yeah. No kidding. 🤦♀️”
most people who say he is racist have never even seen him live. the internet, social media and media overall likes to take sides without knowing anything.
YOU GUYS NEED TO GET DON CHERRY ON A PODCAST!!!
He told people to wear Poppies, big fuckin deal.
Anyone know where this podcast is with cherry?
Where was this when he needed it
Didn't Don despise European players a while back, and we know what skin color Europeans are
Cherry might have pissed people off, but he spoke what most wouldnt about on ice or even off ice about the game. He also spoke from his heart about everyday general things. Especially his country, our country!! Canada, that is something we lack and its sad.. look at how Americans talk about their country with PRIDE!! As a Canadian i feel we lack pride and self respect and responsibility, as a country, as citizens and a whole.. time to bring back the real red and white through real life and hockey. Or any sport or profession. I tell my 2 little girls 10 and 12 everyday. BE YOU,BE REAL. At the end of the day your going to sleep knowing your doing your best and being true to thyself and thoughts. That brings peace...Canada its time to unite we are a multicultural country that has many prides and morals. At the end of the day,whether it was grandparents parents yourself that moved to.this country for a better life. Time to represent red and white with pride no matter race coulours or religion.. our home our land
Loved HNIC when I was a kid
I'm autistic and I took no offense to what Don Cherry said
Of course he’s not! You guys should have a coaches corner segment every ep, 5 min of cherry thoughts on nhl
But those Don Cherry fries at the arean?... Come on...
I know a place he can work and be the non CBC version of Don Cherry.
Based Don Cherry baby.
i miss cherry . cherry was why i loved hockey night in canada . dont really watch it anymore
I remember my family, even when watching other TV shows, would flip over to catch Coach's Corner. Now, we tune out and look at our laptops while HNIC is shilling chinese phones.
If you define racism objectively of course he isn’t.
But the whole world insists on being insane.
Don is a wonderful guy. Have met him many times over the years. Always such a beauty. Was gutted he got canceled over a bunch of woke crybabies.
I remember telling my bud "Watch them replace him with a woman" and that's pretty much what happended.
@@SouthernSkeptic diversity hires. One black, one older woman, one former player, and one old white guy. Next on the chopping block is Ron, old white guys are not part of this new Diversity kick. Diversity includes everyone except Whites.
Don Cherry needs to go on joe Rogan
We all love Don
Rock em sock em 6 go crazy still
Hockey night in canada is garbage now
Grapes came from a different era-no punches pulled, more about the game then the theatrics, though his wardrobe was theatrical. Sadly that was mistaken as what it was from the higher ups.
Fax
Wings and Avs that's so bandwagon! What's next Red Sox and Yankees fan?
our own prime minister wore blackface…. why isn’t he cancelled
Don is a legend
Miss seeing Mr. Cherry on my TV! Miss ya Grapes 🍇
love don
Former NHLer is a little generous. 1 game with the sabres.
Typical Canadians. It’s three years later and you wake up and realise Don Cherry was a national treasure. Get your rooster eh.
Out with the old, in with the new
PUT DON CHERRY ON YOUR PODCAST!
Miss rock em sock em, and his soldier patriot skits. Suits all of it. We saw how well george stopolopogus did 😂🤣
I'm sure PK or whoever next will do great.
Glad to have wayne,Kevin Weekes and Biz
Truly disgusting the way canada and the cbc treated him
Cherry to Ron "...Did you fall off a Turban Truck..."
He might've not been racist but he had racial tendencies...
I think he said "turnip truck" . Learn English.
Woke culture cancelled Cherry. Tragic no one at CBC or Rogers had his back.
@@ProphaneSnipes Ever seen the black face photos?
@@mrgreekgm754 Who Canada's prime ministers black face photos?
@@SouthernSkeptic justin castro
Not saying they're perfect, but CBC had his back for decades. This is on Rogers. Look how awful the HNIC broadcasts are ever since Rogers took over. They took the soul out of the game.
@@ProphaneSnipes very soft of you to delete your original comment.
Canada absolutely railroaded Don Cherry and the guy did more for our country than 99% of us.
So maybe not exactly racist, but anti-immigrant. That's how it always struck me, anyway.
What has done cherry done that’s racist
Grapes did nothing wrong.
Jesus Christ, I still can't believe people write these same 4-word defenses. What exactly is the purpose of such an empty statement? Were you hoping to start a discussion or was it just a brain fart you had to get out?
@@September2004 You already said that.
@@montuckyman4982 "did nothing wrong," is also something that's been said thousands of time and you call out mine? LOL...
As if this even needed to be stated.
Facts
Huge mistake firing Don. Huge
I was sad when he got fired for a mistake
No mistake made
everything he said was a fact lol
He didnt even make a mistake. Hes pissed immigrants come to his country and dont accept the country's traditions. Like lots of other people in the west are.
Saying that everyone should wear a poppy is not a mistake
No, he got fired for not apologizing for a mistake because he was good at slamming other people but can't take a good look in the mirror (unless it was to make himself look good).
Grapes was the best. Honoured the troops the way they should be and always spoke his mind. It was the soft people waiting to be offended, that got offended. The way of the world now. But raisins? Man, he’s the worst person on HNIC. And that’s saying something because Elliot Friedman is on there. Raisins just rattles through his “anecdotes” and “stories” incoherently. He’s just awful.
Don did nothing wrong
Jesus Christ, I still can't believe people write these same 4-word defenses. What exactly is the purpose of such an empty statement? Were you hoping to start a discussion or was it just a brain fart you had to get out?
@@September2004 lol you got mad on the internet
@@liquidrobot4330 Getting mad is now a bad thing? Wow... the way Cherry fans move the goal posts so quickly... lol...
I don't think Don is racist, he's just a bit xenophobic. He wasn't talking about black guys in the incident that got him fired, don't think he ever has said anything remotely racist towards black people.
I don’t get why this made up word “xenophobic” is even a problem. It’s only wrong for white countries to put their own interests first or to even ask foreigners to respect their culture aka wearing a poppy
@@itaintobeezy "white countries" 🤣 what the fuck
Beware of these Top 10 Techniques used to CONCEAL the system of white supremacy racism:
1. Denying: totally ignoring racism or simply asserting that racism does not exist.
2. Deflecting: insisting that any inequality is based on class, culture, ethnicity, family values… anything, but race. Or using words like “diversity” or “ethnicity” when you’re really talking about race -- because any acknowledgement of race may be an admission that there’s racism.
3. Coding: using certain words, symbols and images to evoke racial fears--but not explicitly mentioning race--so as not to appear racist. (Words such as “gang member,” “illegal alien,” and “welfare queen”--all frequently associated with images of people of color--are routinely and strategically inserted into policy debates. Political ads--such as President Bush Sr.’s use of the Willie Horton ad to conjure up white fears of black men, or former California Governor Pete Wilson’s ads of undocumented immigrants--were racist tools used to win elections.)
4. Confusing: cleverly appointing token Black people to positions to act as spokespersons or leaders to promote and justify racist measures or deny that something is racist.
5. Personalizing: blaming individuals, instead of institutions, for anything that may seem unequal or racist.
6. Exceptionalizing: acknowledging that there may be an extremist or “bad apple” responsible for a racist act, but never conceding that there is any institutional accountability or systemic inequality.
7. Scapegoating: holding people who are adversely affected by racism responsible for their own plight, blaming things on their “pathological” value and lifestyles, such as laziness, promiscuity or lack of “personal responsibility.”
8. Mythologizing: appealing to the great American myths: anyone who tries can succeed (myth of meritocracy); everyone/everything is equal (myth of the level playing field), or race is irrelevant (colorblind myth), etc.
9. Decontextualizing: ignoring the context of racism so that things appear to be isolated incidents, rather than part of a pattern or bigger picture. The evening television news is notorious for this, portraying, for example, a violent crime in a black neighborhood without any examination of the causes or.context. Similarly, when white people raise charges of so-called “reverse racism,” it ignores history, white privilege and the ongoing existence of a very uneven playing field.
10. Lying: simply asserting that racism doesn’t exist even when you know it does. It’s easier to lie since telling the truth might mean having to admit responsibility. In fact, sometimes the bigger the lie, the more people believe it.
LOL git gud, bro--sell that to the kids, because people in the real world know bullshit peddling when they see it. The division you sow is making a lot of grifters money, though--stick tap for that, I guess.
are you kidding
The more woke you are in canada, the more social clout you gain.
WOOF WOOF!!! DON AND NHL go hand in hand. What the hell happened in this woken wacky land?
Ok then he was old and the game had passed him by... is that better for you...
he was never really racist. definitely prejudiced. he hates immigrants and in hockey he hated most of the europeans. definitely has some issues. the dude is like 90 years old and just didn't adapt with the times
So tired of this topic
So sick of all of this race crap.
Of course Don's not a racist, but his time on air was long LONG overdue. His filters and unwillingness to learn, to keep up with names, terms and the changing climate/game were his undoing. You probably won't ever find a more passionate Canadian man than Don - someone who gave his all to the game of hockey - but in a very quickly changing market, he had to be moved on from because his opinions became bigger than the product.
You don’t know the whole story. There’s probably more to it. Besides It’s not as if Don treated him great over the years. They weren’t “best friends” who shared the same values. They were coworkers. Also Don was always belittling him on air.
Great story but remember that it was not just once incident and he's had many chances but I love the "I got a black friend" story cause I bet you would not have been treated the same way if you were just a kid off the streets.
And why should he? Let me guess you're a liberal Canadian who has never lived within miles of a black person?
There wouldn't have been the same story, because why would he know some kid on the street? How many black kids on the street do you know, and if you know a lot, why do you? Collecting them like Pokemon?
I don't really think anyone is saying Don is racist on an individual level. Kinda being missed here.
Hes a deeply patriotic person who thinks what it is to be Canadian is white, European, Christian values. He's just an old guy who grew up in a different time who doesn't understand we need to be progressive about racism. Much of it is often subconscious.
Don Cherry wasn't fired because he said anything racist. He was fired because he was a bad representative to the future of the sport. His last broadcast featured a pretty heavy handed anti-immigrant tirade. People saying that he was "cancelled" because of "woke culture" are completely disingenuous. It was his job to present hockey to EVERYBODY. We talk about wanting to grow the sport whether it's making it more accessible to minorities or just simply getting more eyes on it. Sean talks about this later in the interview. How can you expect someone who's new to hockey and new to this country see what Don said and want anything to do with the sport?
Hi Karen.
It was made that he was racist, jagmeet singh made sure to talk about how his grandfather fought for the English while in India after this incident, and so many people used it as a racist incident.
No it's not disingenuous lmao. It is woke culture. Do you know how many black people go on the airwaves, and talk about "White people, stealing their culture" and overtly saying incredibly racist things, but since it's against white folks it's okay? I.E The View.
You are the one being disingenuous by not realizing this. Also his tirade had nothing to do with hockey, it was about military who fought for the country, and all he said was "you people" which has been a word in his vocabulary for decades.
If they are butt-hurt about anything Don said then they probably aren’t going to be interested in this sport. There’s other sports for buttersoft people like soccer and badminton. Go watch those if Don Cherry offended you.
@@Negative.headspace This does not at all address my comment. Sure, people called him racist (I don't believe he is) but I never insinuated that people did.
It’s Carleton Banks on coke
He was the only "black kid" lol
Little things like that don’t mean he’s not a racist .. most old white men his age are racist no one disagrees
This. I've worked in hockey for 10+ years. I've seen Grapes come to the rinks and talk to kids, hide in the stands or time keeper box to watch kids games. He's always been full of class and sweet to the staff. But the same people who shook his hand, took a picture and thanked him said shit just like this. "Well, he's white and old. He's probably racist". The irony. This type of comment sums up the 2020s. Arrogant, righteous and racist.
So you make assumptions about people based on their race and age and you're calling him the bigot? You have the self awareness of a band-aid.