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In reference to Jeremy Lin’s size etc, an anchor asks, “What about his Eyes?” Again transpose this to another person of color, “What about his nose? What about his lips? What about his… ” and what would happen? WNYW, that’s messed up too. (Deadspin – Lin Eyes)
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Asian league basketball through the ages hasn’t produced too many stars on the court. I even played a season in Japanese American league basketball, only to realize that I sucked. In my first season, I scored 1 basket and it happened in the last game. I often wondered why did we have a segregated league, and what happened to the very best players. In the past, most of the best players went to high school and never tried out for the high school team. Instead they were content starring in a league of players – some of who were like me. Now it’s changing, players are taking that step and kicking ass on their own high school teams. It’s happening more with the females who are playing in college and the rare ones making it to the WNBA. It’s pretty obvious why an article like this is pertinent today. (Colorlines – bball)
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Funny stuff that bends racial issues and touches upon big issues in the end. Showing the differences between African American, Asian and White. Who’s ok to say what and so on… yeah parts are funny.
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ESPN writes “Chink in the Armor” in reference to Jeremy Lin and the recent Knicks loss and the writer gets fired. It was up 35 minutes. We know what year it is, what time it is, and ESPN is huge. People are watching that site every second in their newsroom. 35 minutes, and how many writers are sitting around reading it? They fire one single person over this and in the end, ESPN will soon be forgiven. How stupid can they be? NBA and ESPN are associated, why isn’t the NBA stepping up with any kind of remark or sanction? AND you know… if it were a person of another color… they would. It’s still an uphill battle.
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Yes, it’s here. He’s here. The team is here.
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