How Chris George fights racism in the game with Bay Street strategy

If the way racism affected you in the moment wasn’t always clear, what’s it been like to cast back and see things in a different light?
One [instance] I remember very clearly: it was after George Floyd, [an unarmed Black man, was killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in May 2020], after the HDA had had some success. I was sitting down with some of my former teammates from the OHL. I won’t use names, but these are just great friends, 30-year relationships, and we were talking about our time in the OHL. I mentioned something about how a coach did not have a problem with me and all three of them — like the record skipped — and they looked at me like, “What are you talking about?” All three of them said, “I remember when I was a 16-year-old boy and my dad asked, ‘Why does the coach treat Georgie like that?’” And I didn’t realize it; I don’t think my dad was aware of it. That was just my reality. But now, as a 45-year-old man, my colleagues and peers and friends are like, “Yeah, Georgie, I remember my dad said you were treated differently.”

For that moment to happen, there clearly must have just been a different environment when I was around, and those are the things that, as I double-click on make me realize my path was different. My path has worked out fine, but I would like to be part of creating a different path for the next generation. Three white guys who I played with in the OHL reflecting on the glory days and we just kind of double clicked on what I thought was a normal relationship with a coach and they thought I was wrong.

How Chris George fights racism in the game with Bay Street strategy
Source: Healthy Lifestyle