Just as a point of comparison (and to keep the history alive), even though ice hockey has the reputation as a violent sport, this is the most violent incident I ever knew of (although I'm sure there are others):
It took place 2/21/2000, so you can already see how far back we have to go. Interestingly as relative to the current incident, the attacker McSorley was white and the victim Brashear was black.
I think the NHL has ever had at most four black players. But you can see in the article (and I bet in any other writeup you find on the incident), that no one even mentions race.
We never appreciated how good things were without the constant and intense racial division.
Just as a point of comparison (and to keep the history alive), even though ice hockey has the reputation as a violent sport, this is the most violent incident I ever knew of (although I'm sure there are others):
The Donald Brashear-Marty McSorley Incident
It took place 2/21/2000, so you can already see how far back we have to go. Interestingly as relative to the current incident, the attacker McSorley was white and the victim Brashear was black.
I think the NHL has ever had at most four black players. But you can see in the article (and I bet in any other writeup you find on the incident), that no one even mentions race.
We never appreciated how good things were without the constant and intense racial division.