The Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash: Racism, Hockey Culture & Meaningful Justice

Let's see if I can navigate these waters without triggering an international incident, shall we?

Yikes.

Just reading that headline back to myself makes my stomach lurch.

We peer into the darkest corners of our soul, as a nation and individually, when considering the implications of the overlap of these four issues as a Venn diagram. Some take great offense at the notion there is a relationship between any two of them, nevermind all four.

When woven into a single tale, an ugly narrative emerges that no one wants to read.

I sure don’t want to write it.

So naturally, I can’t help myself.

No, but seriously folks… if this is not the moment to confront the seedy cross-section of these issues that’s playing out around us right now, I don’t know would be.