“Our game is better than this” – P.K. Subban reacts after alleged racial abuse of brother

“Our game is better than this” – P.K. Subban reacts after alleged racial abuse of brother

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New Jersey Devils’ defenseman P.K. Subban didn’t have a great time despite a victory for his side against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night. This took place as the Canadian ice hockey player had bigger things to worry about – his family.

Earlier in a game between the Stingrays and Jacksonville Icemen on Saturday night, the two teams came together in a clash near the corner of the ice. As Jordan and Jacob Panetta (opposition’s defenseman) skated toward their benches, Subban, who is Black, alleged that Panetta made “monkey gestures” towards him.  

Subban couldn’t restrict himself to react to the controversial racial abuse incident against his brother, Jordan Subban, a defenseman of the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL.

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“They don’t call the east coast league the jungle because my brother and the other black players are the monkeys! Hey @jacobpanetta you shouldn’t be so quick to delete your Twitter or your Instagram account you will probably be able to play again… that’s what history says but things,” P.K. Subban had written on Twitter.

“It’s distasteful” – Subban reacts after Devils’ match

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The 32-year-old caught in an interaction with USA Today to shed light on this unfortunate happening with one of his family members. He also felt “embarrassed” on behalf of ice hockey and mentioned that “our game is better than this”.

“Sheer disappointment. It’s distasteful,” P.K. Subban said after the Devils’ game Sunday night. “There’s no room for it in our game. I’m embarrassed. I’m embarrassed because our game is better than this.”

“We don’t expect anyone to feel sorry and we don’t really expect anybody to understand that isn’t Black,” he added. “If you’re not Black, you’re not going to understand, and that’s OK with us. You can debate on whether it’s racism, placism, whatever you want. For us, this is life. This is life for us, and that’s what’s sad.

“This is life for people who look like me, that have gone through the game of hockey and that’s part of the history, whether we like it or not. We’re trying to change that. I’m an advocate to try and change that, but to do that, we’ve got to bring people together and hopefully this is another step in doing that.”

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