http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...503.html?ref=impact&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009 We should be sympathetic to this. I would condemn ESPN and say that they were wrong and racist. Perhaps he could fine them or sue ESPN also.
as talented as these guys are to get a big-time gig like that with ESPN, you know they're smarter than that chink in the armor was a deliberate move, just like a well-educated politician comparing Obama to a tar baby, then crying innocence after being called out on it. as a side note, the ease and finesse that some people i know when it comes to throwing around the word 'chink' is mind-boggling i personally love asians just as I would love another. I wouldn't think twice about calling them that.... being an IR man of any race, that just doesn't make sense
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I get what you are saying but let something close to something parallel to lin happen to a black guy (obama) and we will scream racism. any racial statement needs to be called out. if not then they will come after us also and its just not rite in any fashion anyway
Im not understanding why they are saying he is the first asian when yao ming played years before...isnt he asian.
like i said, some people are so casual about throwing around racist terms. but like you said, let it involve a black guy and someone would have been fired the same day
I wish him well. I don't care what race he is. Success is success. I've rooted for other underdogs as well. ESPN needs to quit sensationalizing it and using race. They are lame.
i see. its kind of stupid in a way because yao was a beast of a player and didnt get the kind of hype as an asian. both are asians but yao didnt get that kind of hype. then again Lins story is better in that a guy from an IVY league school on the cuffs of getting cut and comes in due to excessive injuries on the team is very story book
The same thing would probably happen if Lin were an American born White player compared to one of the many European born players who end up in the NBA only race wouldn't be focused on as much. The Lin story is rare thus the hype and race focus.
I'm saying it here first. There will be a movie about Jeremy Lin in the near future and it will get an Oscar for either best movie, screenplay, or actor. It's gonna be like what 8 mile did for rap.
Yao got hella hype when he stepped on the court back then. Remember the "Yao. Yo. No, Yao" commercials?
