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Black NAHL player subjected to racial taunts during game in Quebec
Racism? In Canada? I thought they were supposed to be better than the US...The hockey community is rallying around a black player who was subjected to racial taunts during a weekend game in Canada.
The incident occurred Saturday in Quebec's North American Hockey League game in Saint-Jerome after Jonathan Diaby of the Jonquiere Marquis was sent to the penalty box.
A fan climbed up onto the glass and began making monkey gestures and showing Diaby a picture of a monkey on his phone.
"People were yelling, 'You baboon,' and telling my dad to go back home, like we don't belong here," Diaby, 24, told CTV in Montreal.
Diaby's father and girlfriend were also harassed in the stands, the station reported.
"Security did nothing," Diaby said. "They asked my family to just leave. They asked them to move and change places, so they could have a quiet game."
The league issued an apology to Diaby and his family.