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						Akim Aliu’s Account of Racism Pushes Hockey to Search Its Soul					
				
B87FM
May 23, 2020

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Akim Aliu, a former Nationwide Hockey League participant, gave a harrowing account this week in The Players’ Tribune about his experiences with racism within the sport. Aliu’s unusually frank put up — wherein he challenged the tradition of the game and named his tormentor — intensified a debate inside the hockey group about efforts to […]