<p>The hockey world, especially at the NHL level, has been extremely quiet on racial justice issues for too many years - until now. The Black-led uprising for Black Lives Matter following the police murder of George Floyd in May 2020 finally prompted <a href="https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1267280757136990208?s=20">an outpouring of statements</a> from the NHL and several high profile players. We have never seen anything like this in professional hockey before.</p>
<p>To help us make sense of the moment, we hear from two of the finest journalists reporting on sports and social movements. First, we caught up with <a href="https://twitter.com/hemjhaveri">Hemal Jhaveri</a>, a columnist for <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/author/hjhaveri">USA Today's <em>For The Win</em></a><em>, </em>and a frequent commentator on race issues in hockey. Then we hear from <a href="https://twitter.com/EdgeofSports">Dave Zirin</a>, sports editor of <a href="https://www.thenation.com/authors/dave-zirin/">The Nation magazine</a> and host of the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/edgeofsports">Edge of Sports</a> podcast.</p>
<p>We asked both our guests what hockey players and the NHL have gotten right, what they haven't gotten wrong, and why we're seeing this unprecedented support for #BlackLivesMatter in hockey now.</p>
