Posted on 08/02/2020 8:14:40 AM PDT by MagillaX
Matt Dumba of the Minnesota Wild became the first player to kneel for the U.S. national anthem in the National Hockey League (NHL) on Saturday night before the Chicago Blackhawks faced the Edmonton Oilers in Alberta, Canada.
Dumba, who is Canadian, was invited onto the ice for a special ceremony, walking down a red carpet and delivering a speech about racial justice. He knelt for “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but stood for “O, Canada,” the Canadian anthem.
The scoreboard flashed a slogan with a hashtag: “We Skate for Black Lives.”
“During this pandemic, something unexpected, but long overdue, occurred,” Dumba said, during his speech. “The world woke up to the existence of systematic [sic] racism and how deeply rooted it is within our society.”
He added: “Racism is everywhere, and we need to fight against it.”
As he knelt, Blackhawks goalie Malcolm Subban and Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse each put a hand on his shoulders.
The league tweeted out its approval from the official NHL Twitter account.
Just a few days before, the New York Islanders and New York Rangers had stood together for the national anthem prior to an exhibition match, drawing praise from many fans — and criticism from those who wanted the league to join other professional sports that have supported the “Black Lives Matter” movement.
The majority of active NHL players are not from the United States; a plurality are Canadian.
The game marked the kickoff of the modified 2020 NHL playoffs after the season was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Chicago won, 6-4.
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Statutes are a visual history of our country. Representing either something or someone who did something greater then their human short comings, or as a reminder of our historical journey. Taking down statues not only discourages individual excellence but leaves us with no indicators of societal advancement.
It is time to ask the questions, are you a fake racial justice supporter?
You say you support black Lives but do you continue to vote for the Democrat party born form black slavery.
You say you support black lives but do you continue to vote for politicians who allow the murder of millions of black unborn babies.
You say you support black lives but do support school choice to inner city kids to help them escape failing schools
You say you support black lives but do you ask local leaders to increase police presence in the communities to help prevent crime, and then hold them accountable for any abuse.
You say you support black lives but did you thank president Trump for his prison reform work.
You say you support black lives but do you give to charities that help persecuted blacks around the world such as in Nigeria
You say you support black lives but did you pray to God for spiritual relief for the black community.
You say you support black lives but did you contribute to churches in the black communities.
well said!
Dumba.
A Canadian took a knee during the US anthem - in Canada. Peaceful riots may be on the way.
Dumba can stick a stick up his ass.
This was all a production of NBC!
“Well Canada’s DIFF’RENT!”
Kneeling for the US national anthem is now part of the ritual. It is played specifically for the purpose of disrespecting it.
I think the surname is Dumbas
Conservatives neither care for a) hockey, b) anything that spews out of the corrupt, filthy mouths of "journalists", nor c) anything emanating from kanada.
The league tweeted out its approval from the official NHL Twitter account.
Nuff said
The only things missing were the tree, the rope, the burning cross, and the Klan outfits.
:-P
So sick of this garbage. My favorite team the Montreal Canadiens played the Penguins last night—before the game as the anthems were about to be played the NHL/NBC ran some asinine “what we skate for” BLM idiocy—I spent the whole time yelling F-U at the TV.
I watch the games as sport and love the game—leave ur pathetic ridiculous political views out of it.
Why must these fools destroy everything they touch?
BLM is a progressive Marxist organization taking contributions for progressive democrats.
The person who manages the intake of contributions into BLM is Sarah Rosenberg, a convicted felon member of the terrorist group ‘The Weather Underground’, the same terrorist group with member Bill Ayers, Chicago friend and backer of Obama.
Bill Clinton, on his last day in office as President, commuted Rosenberg’s sentence.
I have noticed that in many cases, the players who gripe either have white mothers, wives or girl friends. Why don’t these rich, powerful, athletic black men stay with black women, strengthen the black community inwardly and raise their children in a traditional way? This would make their communities stronger, reduce gang violence, bring better education to the inner city, benefit the local economy, provide jobs and in the long run all would prosper. But it seems many black men in this position, would rather marry whites, or more affluent, buy houses as far as from the inner city as possible and forget their backgrounds while then complaining online or in front of overwhelmingly white spectators when sports had such a thing. Black Lives Matter but that seems to have limitations to blacks. Take a knee, get instant attention then drive your $300,000 car to your $3 million house in the suburbs. Geez, I feel so bad for them.
Nothing like Matt Dumba announcing to the world that he's a mindless puppet.
He needs to be called on this forever.
I would have considered changing my last name. Maybe it comes from a surname like Dumbrowski, which I have heard before.
I have 20 guns. But I don't believe in handguns.
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