Connor Bedard Under Fire For Racist Acts Against the Indigenous Community

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Aaron
March 5, 2023 (3:58 PM)

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Connor Bedard is facing criticism for his treatment of indigenous children at the recent Regina Pats game, marking his first scandal before he is even drafted.

Bedard Under Fire

Despite being just 17 years old, Bedard's remarkable hockey talents that are set to surpass Connor McDavid's D0 production have made him a widely recognized figure. As a result, many children have begun to idolize him.

However, his reputation has been tarnished by his recent actions when he purposely moved away from a group of indigenous kids who were eagerly awaiting the chance to meet their hero after the game.

Connor Bedard snubbing Native kids clearly pulling away from them. Goes on down to acknowledge and greet non brown folks. Pulled from multiple group pages and from the mothers public post.

Here was one of the children's mothers' public post on the matter:

Well we had quite the evening, kids sure loved it. But here is is my downfall post, I will make a new post with all the pictures of the kids, right here you can clearly see BEDARD raise his arm and stick it's sad because all the kids were so excited to see this guy and he does them all wrong and not even to smile or look friendly at all. These kids cheered so hard for him before he came out and for some of the kids to be disappointed and let down, he goes further down the line and greets other people opposite of our colour. our kids, our future hockey players look up to hockey players like this guy and does them like this? I felt for them tbh but that didn't stop them from cheering him on and that goes to show how forgiving and innocent these children are.
There was absolutely no need for this joke to do that to us aboriginal people. No need at all!!

Bedard's actions towards the group of indigenous children are completely unacceptable and must be addressed as he prepares to transition into the NHL in a few months.

It is extremely disappointing that a player like Bedard, who should be a source of positivity, has engaged in such behavior.