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Blackness Is A Gift I Can Give Her: On Race, Community, And Black Women In Hockey
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From The Founder Of Black Girl Hockey Club, A Collection Of Deeply Insightful And Piercing Essays Shedding Light On The History Of Black Excellence In Hockey, The Future Of Black Joy Within The Sport, And The Ways We Can All Do Better When It Comes To RecognizingAnd UpheavingSystemic And Institutionalized Racism.Growing Up, R. Renee Hess DidnT Care For Hockey. In Fact, She Was Barely Aware Of It. She Was Born And Raised In Southern California, Hardly A Hot Spot For The Game, Despite The State Having Three Nhl Teams. But, As Hess Puts It, She Is A Fan Of Being A Fan, And When She Found Herself Stuck In Traffic After A Pittsburgh Penguins Game, The Streets Filled With Cheers, Something Sparked Within Her. Ever Since Hess Made That Discovery, She Has Been Actively Trying To Bust The Myth That Black Folks DonT Like Hockey.In This Collection, Hess Shares Her Hockey Origin Story And How She Came To Recognize Hockey CultureS Lack Of Authentic Engagement With Black Communities, Tracing Her Journey To Becoming A True Game Changer. But, As An Academic, Hess Knows That Her Singular Viewpoint CanT Tell The Full Story, So She Reached Out To Former Hockey Players, League Executives, Activists, Fans, Media, And To The Parents And Youth Shaping The Future Of The Game. We Hear Directly From Players Such As Sarah Nurse And Saroya Tinker; From Trailblazers Like Bernice Carnegie And Kim Davis; And From The Collective Of Black Girl Hockey Club Scholarship Awardees And Their Families, Emphasizing The Importance Of Community And Support For Marginalized Players. The Result Is A Hockey Book Truly Unlike Any Other.With Essays That Touch On Representation And Harmful Stereotypes, The Many Nuanced Aspects Of Biracial Identity, Being The Only Person Of Colour In The Room, And The Virtues Of A Lively Group Chat, Blackness Is A Gift I Can Give Her Is A Love Letter To Black Women Everywhere, As Well As A Scathing Ode To A Game That Hess Loves, Even If It DoesnT Always Love Her Back.
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