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Indian Immigrants Are Saving Canadian Hockey: How the Punjabi diaspora rescued Canada’s national sport
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“Instead of threatening the quintessential Canadian [sports] institution
[of hockey], immigrants are strengthening it at a time when it needs the
help.” Shikha Dalmia writes for
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that the Punjabi Indian diaspora — especially in Canada — is in fact very
much into hockey. Supported by shows like
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<strong>Hockey Night in Canada: Punjabi Edition</strong>
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, “Nothing says ‘Canadian’ to them more than watching a game at Scotiabank
Arena wearing a
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Dalmia concludes that “immigrants . . .aren’t nearly the threat to native
culture that restrictionists make them out to be. Of course they’re
nostalgic for the things they leave behind. But they’re also eager to
explore and embrace the new things their adopted homes offer. And when they
do so, they strengthen—not tear apart—a country’s cultural fabric. They
weave new strands into it, creating a far richer and more durable
tapestry.”
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, David Greene in 2016 talked to
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, play-by-play voice for <strong>Hockey Night In Canada Punjabi Edition</strong>. Singh’s dramatic
calls have won him fans even beyond Canada’s large Punjabi speaking
minority.
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<a href=”https://law.ucdavis.edu/faculty/johnson/” target=”_blank”><b>Kevin Johnson</b></a> is Dean, Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law, and Professor of Chicana/o Studies. He joined the UC Davis law faculty in 1989 and was named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in 1998. Johnson became Dean in 2008. He has taught a wide array of classes, including immigration law, civil procedure, complex litigation, Latinos and Latinas and the law, and Critical Race Theory. In 1993, he was the recipient of the law school’s Distinguished Teaching Award.Dean Johnson has published extensively on immigration law and civil rights. Published in 1999, his book How Did You Get to Be Mexican? A White/Brown Man’s Search for Identity was nominated for the 2000 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. Dean Johnson’s latest book, Immigration Law and the US-Mexico Border (2011), received the Latino Literacy Now’s International Latino Book Awards – Best Reference Book. Dean Johnson blogs at ImmigrationProf, and is a regular contributor on immigration on SCOTUSblog. A regular participant in national and international conferences, Dean Johnson has also held leadership positions in the Association of American Law Schools and is the recipient of an array of honors and awards. He is quoted regularly by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and other national and international news outlets. </p>
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