OT- Jeremy Lin is a class act
Remember the ESPN editor who was fired for using the phrase "chink in the armor" to describe Lin's turnover problems? Lin reached out and had lunch with him. This isn't related to anything Michigan at all, just thought it was interesting how much classier Lin is than most NBA players.
March 28th, 2012 at 10:06 PM ^
One word....EDUCATED!
March 28th, 2012 at 10:16 PM ^
I must say that this generaion of college students is "wound way too tight"! I don't know who taught you to be sooooooooooo hyper sensitive but I find it really hard to use any sort of humor in the classroom without someone coming completely undone! Just sayin' . . .
March 28th, 2012 at 10:47 PM ^
March 28th, 2012 at 11:49 PM ^
What makes all the "innocent" Chinese puns even worse is that Lin isn't even Chinese . . . he's Taiwanese. Not even bothering to differentiate between Chinese and Taiwanese heritage can be seen as racist and ignorant in and of itself.
Taiwan and China are two totally different countries with totally different people, and Taiwanese culture has been striving to find its own identity and break away from China. Ask someone from Taiwan what they think about China; it will tell you everything you need to know.
Everything he has done in public has been all class.
There is never an excuse for racist comments and clever word play to make fun of someone. There are reasons of course. I, for one, get tired of trying to determine people being genuine when they when they first meet me and the first thing they try to establish is how many black people they know. I chalk it up to being uncomfortable with conversation and try no to look to deeply into it but have often wondered why it happens so often.
I prefer to let bigots speak there mind so I can make my own decisions as to whether I would do business with them, buy at there stores, etc... This media lynching of people who speak their mind has its draw backs. If corporations have been sponsoring your programs before, they probably know what you are about when they signed up. You look good though when you drop them though, right?
Where did all of the White Citizens Council people go? How does Jesse Jackson get away with calling a place Hymie Town? Especially when Jews helped in the in the Civil Rights marches. Why is the focus on the Trayvon Martin case? Because the topic of race will always be hot button issue in America...
Sports is the one place where people usually forget about it for a few hours at least.