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the zayne parekh world juniors situation will enrage me until the day i die. he said he "didn't like how hockey players answered like robots" and they crucified him. they dragged him out and killed him and he had to apologise. this excited, bouncing kid who said he liked when players answered with personality was attacked because you can't be south asian and confident. you can't be south asian and have opinions on important things like the nhl. you can graduate high school and started taking college courses at 15, be chl & ohl defenseman of the year, win a memorial cup, break ohl defenseman goal scoring records, go 9th overall in the nhl draft, aspire to be a pilot, but when you're a person of colour you can't be confident, or opinionated, or enthusiastic. carter hart and patrick kane have never been forced to apologise for BEING ACCUSED OF RAPE, but they made the teenager apologise for saying what has been said over and over by white people; nhlers answer questions robotically. zayne parekh you are going to break records and win a stanley cup and captain your team and have number 19 retired with the saginaw spirit and the calgary flames and you are going to be the most successful south asian in the league and in the world and you're going to answer your questions like a real, normal person and every person who called you "arrogant" is going to choke on their tongues. all swords raised against you will fall