Let’s get something straight right off the top:
The fact a building full of white people dressed in white spent Tuesday night at Bell MTS Place lustily booing Nashville Predators defenceman P.K. Subban is no more proof this city is racist than the fact those same people cheering for Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien all night is proof that we’re not.
Jets fans spent their Tuesday night singling Subban out for particular abuse not because he’s black, but for the same reason those same fans single out Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin every time they come to town — because Subban is his team’s most impactful player.