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Red Wings' Givani Smith: Racial taunts part of hockey

The forward faced racism and a suspension during the OHL playoffs David Guralnick, The Detroit News

Detroit – Givani Smith said he knows he is not the first black hockey player who has dealt with racial epithets.

Taunting is part of the game and racism is part of society.

But when it all got to be just a bit too much after a season of it, last month, in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs, Smith, one of the Red Wings' prime prospects, responded to an opponent with an obscene gesture.