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<\/p>\nOkay, so I know Teran plays lacrosse and soccer, Marco plays water polo at SFU, Ella plays tennis, Landon plays soccer and Marina plays volleyball… is anyone on a hockey team? I ask about hockey because a hockey related incident happened recently which needs a discussion!<\/p>\n
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On November 12th, the infamous and outspoken commentator, Don Cherry made some remarks that got him axed, well, fired! (Please don’t think of Vincent and his protactor-otine)! <\/p>\n
For those of us who don’t know who Don Cherry is, I’ll quickly fill you in. Cherry was born in Kingston, Ontario. He is currently 85 years old. He is a sports commentator\/writer and a retired professional hockey, he even played for the Canucks at one point in his career. Since 1986, he has been the host of Coach’s Corner. He’s generally known for his overly-enthusiastic rants and his colourful attire (shirts, suits and ties). <\/p>\n
This is not the first time that Cherry has made some harsh remarks and come under fire numerous times. Unfortunately for him, this time, his remarks cost him his job. He was given the opportunity to apologise but refused to. Had he apologised, he most likely would have kept his job as the host on Coach’s Corner. This time he spoke about veterans and how ‘immigrants’ come to Canada because they like the way of life here but do not contribute to the soldiers who gave their life to make Canada the country it is today. He said: \u201cYou people that come here \u2026 whatever it is, you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you could pay a couple of bucks for a poppy.\u201d <\/p>\n
Some people are upset about his use of ‘you people.’ They have questioned his use of these words as not just a reference to the immigrant population…which would be all of us except our First People…but to people of colour. Interestingly, as was discussed in class, many soldiers who fought for Canada were ‘coloured’ immigrants like, Indigenous, Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Black soldiers. <\/p>\n
Read the articles and watch the videos below: <\/p>\n
https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/6157812\/don-cherry-you-people-rant-impact\/<\/a> <\/p>\n https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/sports\/don-cherry-s-history-of-controversial-comments-1.4680505<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports\/hockey\/nhl\/ron-maclean-coachs-corner-sportnet-nov-16-1.5362580<\/a><\/p>\n So now it is your turn to weigh in! What do you think of what Don Cherry said – did he have a point to his rant, should all Canadians wear poppies for our soldiers ? Is his rant racist and he meant what he said as he has made many controversial remarks before or was he being truthful by saying that he should have changed ‘you people’ to ‘everyone.’ Do you think firing him was the correct call to action or should something deeper have happened? What would you suggest for him to do to rectify his words? I would also like for you to do some independent research. Please check in with your parent\/s\/guardian\/s and ask if you had any family members who fought\/were a part of a war. Grade 6’s 25 sentences, Grade 5 20 sentences, please! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Okay, so I know Teran plays lacrosse and soccer, Marco plays water polo at SFU, Ella plays tennis, Landon plays soccer and Marina plays volleyball… is anyone on a hockey team? I ask about hockey because a hockey related incident happened recently which needs a discussion! On November 12th, the infamous and outspoken commentator, Don … Continue reading Don Cherry: You People vs We People<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7549,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7549"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":896,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions\/896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}