A group of fans directed a racist taunt at a black player in Chicago on Saturday.



In turn, a dozen or so media members stood in front of Anthony Duclair’s stall Monday and asked him to talk about the incident because he’s the lone black player on the Blackhawks.



That’s not exactly fair.



It’s also not exactly easy for a young black player to do. Duclair is still finding his footing in the NHL. He doesn’t even have a permanent place in the Blackhawks’ lineup and is expected to be a healthy scratch Monday night for the third time in four games.



Not every black athlete wants to be a voice for social justice. Plenty of black NBA and NFL players prefer not to touch such issues, and they’re able to sit back because there are so many who are willing to speak up. It’s more difficult to avoid such questions in the NHL because there are so few black players. The Blackhawks have had four black players in the last...