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Today I took my Dad for an appointment. He proudly told a man that "she is a sports journalist- a feminist one!" I was stunned because Dad was not being

As much as I would applaud French footballeurs and footballeuses walking away from national teams because of Macron's blatant xenophobic comments and Islamophobia, Macron is not the country. He does

As a BIWoC who works in sports media, I am expunging *three* words from my vocabulary: "unity" and "division" and "diversity". Allow me to explain. Sports don't "unite". Sports have

~ Inna lillahi wa inna lillahi rajioon ~I attended a zoom funeral today. Husain Ahmad Bhayat - lovingly known as Babu Uncle- wss from Gujarat, India. He was an educator,

If you do not identify as a PoC, please do NOT ever, EVER, congratulate a racialized person for who they handled racial abuse. It isn't for you to decide who

Compiling a list of PoC who know hockey, and can speak to media about the systemic racism that festers. Every time an incident occurs, our perspective is required. Thus far,

I have been talking and writing about Don Cherry, hockey, racism, and sports culture all week. I am tired.Here is one thing I do know: many Canadians are unprepared (and