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A few usual places have been up in arms about this comment. Worth noting that the video is from 2012, when Panarin would've been 20 years old.
I just can't muster the outrage that some people have over this. It's a terrible thing to say, but Russia isn't exactly known for its diversity and he was 20 at the time. I hope his views have changed since then. It's not like we're ever going to know because he barely speaks our language and God knows the Hawks certainly won't let him do any interviews now.
On the video, which could be viewed on YouTube as recently as Monday night, Panarin and his former KHL teammate Yaroslav Tulyakov ask each other questions in Russian from a list. One question was "What would you do if you never played hockey?"
At one point, Tulyakov asks Panarin a question along the lines of "What could you never do?" according to three Russian-speaking sources who viewed the video. Panarin replies, "Have sex with a black woman," according to all three sources.
A few usual places have been up in arms about this comment. Worth noting that the video is from 2012, when Panarin would've been 20 years old.
I just can't muster the outrage that some people have over this. It's a terrible thing to say, but Russia isn't exactly known for its diversity and he was 20 at the time. I hope his views have changed since then. It's not like we're ever going to know because he barely speaks our language and God knows the Hawks certainly won't let him do any interviews now.