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Following the Red Wings' 3-1 win over the Canucks on Saturday, Filip Zadina spoke to the Jason Martin Jersey media. Asked about a hit he took in the third period, he used a derogatory slur to describe the player who hit him, Conor Garland."I'm OK. I chased the puck and was reaching for the puck and just, I dunno, reverse hit me I gue s. I mean, you know, like the mt like he is. It's pretty normal he does reverse hit because Pablo Reyes Jersey I don't think he's strong enough to just battle me in the corner like 1-on- Bill Mazeroski Jersey 1. He just do that stupid hit. It is what it is," he said.Filip Zadina calls Conor Garland a Midget, after his third period hit. Jennifer Hammond (@HammerFox2) MORE: Zadina scored the eventual game-winner in the second period le s than two minutes after Garland had tied things up in the second. In the final frame, the two went for a puck in the corner and Zadina, who was outstretched to chip the puck, took a reverse hit by the Canucks forward. Garland was a Melky Cabrera Jersey se sed a minor for an illegal check to the head. The players on the ice also came together and the Canucks' Bo Horvat and Red Wings' Filip Hronek and Michael Rasmu sen got roughing minors.Garland hits Zadina and the rest of the Red Wings weren' Kyle Crick Jersey t too happy about it. | Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) According to the organization, , mt is a derogatory slur. In 2014, the organization released a Sean Rodriguez Jersey statement regarding Bengals coach Marvin Lewis calling Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel the m-word."The word 'mt' is considered by Little People of America to be an antiquated slang term and is most often used in a derogatory manner toward a shorter than average person, or specifically, a person with a diagnosable skeletal dysplasia or medical condition," the statement read."The word 'mt' has been sometimes used to refer to people of short stature, but is now considered to John Jaso Jersey be a slur Dario Agrazal Jersey by the majority of the members of our community. Many feel that the term dehumanizes and objectifies those with dwarfism. LPA has been actively working to get the word taken out of society's vernacular, where it is often used carele sly and without regard to who else it may affect." |
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