And check this out:
Read to page 45.
Here's an interesting bit of history I'd never heard before*:
"...at the time of the American Revolution, there was no such thing as thirteen colonies. There were actually nineteen--six of those colonies did not agree with the Revolution. Those colonies became Canada." (12)
* And which I've been unable to confirm elsewhere.
Day 2 (DDRD 3,059) March 17, 2026)
Read to page 77.
Finally into some hockey. Here's a thing which caught my attention:
"It is...not surprising that aspirating Black Canadians would also see hockey as an acceptable tool for social upward mobility." (67) If you've ever looked at current American sports such as football and basketball and wondered why there were so many black players in these sports, which used to be either dominated by or exclusively White, I think this is the answer.
Day 3 (DDRD 3,060) March 18, 2026)
Read to page 113.
There have been quite a few bizarre proofreading errors in this book. Like this: "...the Sea-Sides would defeating the Eurekas by a score of 4 -2." (87)
I mean...seriously?
Another strange bit of history: "hockey was the first sport to be played at night" (92) because the locals would dig through snow and ice to expose coal lines and then ignite the coal. Very strange! This would make an excellent scene in a film, by the way. I'd better writer to Michael B. Jordan about this. (Michael B., if you're listening, 🤙.)
And then came The Cakewalk. There's a reference to two of the Black hockey players doing The Cakewalk during halftime. I had to look that up...and found some pretty interesting things. For one thing, The Cakewalk looks like THIS. So far as I can tell, it is a parody / mockery of formal White dances, but apparently the White folks didn't understand that, so they liked watching it performed. On plantations during slavery days, the masters would have a cake baked, then, hold a competition for the best cake dance. Whoever won received the cake. And thus we get the phrase, "that takes the cake."
Ta da.
Day 4 (DDRD 3,061) March 19, 2026)
Read from page 198 to 235...the nitty gritty detail stuff. Not actually worth the effort as it's mostly just a series of lists with few details, but I suppose it's for street cred. Reading it now means I don't have to end the book on such a low note. 👌
Day 5 (DDRD 3,062) March 20, 2026)
Read to page 143.
For the most part I've tried to ignore the (many) proofreading errors in this book, but this one...
...is just too much for me. Versus? Come on, FF'sS.
Day 6 (DDRD 3,063) March 21, 2026)
Read to page 175...which means a mere 21 pages to go. Might even finish it off later today...as I'm kind of tired of this book now. Glad I didn't pay for it.
3 things:
(1) for reasons unknown, we've left ice hockey and are now discussing (at great length) Black Canadians in World War I. If I'd wanted to read about World War I, I'd have gotten a book on it!
(2) Sorry to say it, but the Fostys are terrible writers. The regularly go off point and follow a digression for no apparent reason.
(3) The proofreading fuckups are killing me. They're making me want this to be over with.
Oh...a 4th thing:
(4) Why are White people so awful to Black people? I don't understand.
Later That Day....
Here's a line that sums up a lot of evil. " The Black man's problems were never complex. The problem had always been the forces within the White upper classes of Nova Scotian society who were aligned against them." (187) Of course you can leave out "of Nova Scotian" here.
And this...this is so shameful that I don't know what else to say about it.
"Tyranny is the heritage of the silent." (193)
Read to page 235, The End.
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