Read on Twitter
The replies and DMs being sent are pretty thoughtless.
Hockey is a predominantly white sport. That's not controversial. Query what your objective is in saying to people of colour tweeting about not wanting to be in hockey that it isn't a hockey culture problem. https://twitter.com/vanessajang/status/1320795704839696384
Hockey is a predominantly white sport. That's not controversial. Query what your objective is in saying to people of colour tweeting about not wanting to be in hockey that it isn't a hockey culture problem. https://twitter.com/vanessajang/status/1320795704839696384
What people seem to be missing is that we don't love hockey any less than you. The difference is that we love hockey in spite of being made to feel like we are not welcome or belong; I would suggest it takes a greater love of hockey to even try to participate.
So when you come in and say to people that this is not a hockey culture issue, that this is not *your* experience, that this will make them a bad parent, that it is incumbent on THEM as a marginalized person to push change, you are invalidating their experiences.
Just stop.
Just stop.
Anyways, anyone who comes for @vanessajang is gonna get a rude awakening. 
One last thought: if your personal experience with hockey has been how it can be positive and inclusive, shouldn't your reaction to these stories be to think about how to make that the norm and how to eliminate the toxic elements that persist, instead of denying they exist?
