by guest blogger Caleb
NBA point guard Jeremy Lin seemingly came out of no where a couple of weeks ago to become the "King" of the NBA it's hard to escape the buzz around this Asian American "LINSANITY" there was a skit about him on Saturday Night Live and the Daily Show as well as countless headlines in the NY media, but this rise to the top has not been without an ugly backlash. A ESPN.com headline read "A Chink in the armor" after his first lost http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/02/following-knicks-loss-espn-headline-reads-chink-in-the-armor and people have begun to make odd signs, one notable read Jeremy Lin our good fortune and then had his face pooping out of a fortune cookie. The SNL addressed some issues of race in general check it out.http://www.hulu.com/watc h/331272/saturday-night-live-cold-opening-linsanity-postgame#s-p2-sr-i1
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ReplyDeleteThis is ridiculous..this apology should mean nothing. Anytime our media(specific broadcasters in general) say some derogatory shit all they do is "apologize" like nothing happened. I don't understand how people can say we live in a equal society with so many racial slurs to represent our "equality". Our equality and freedom was obtained but only to an extent at which we have not yet passed. Maybe we never will. The nutrition for these type of insults may to deeply be rooted.
ReplyDeleteWhile I'd totally run K on that sportscenter dude's apology, I do have to ask: if apologies are meaningless, what kind of action should be taken?
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This situation brings to mind what happened to CNN's Rowland Martin; how he was immediately suspended for his tweets on super-bowl Sunday. One can say that there was a zero tolerance for mistake from the angle of CNN. If the apologies given for the disturbing racial comments from the sports commentator to Jeremy Lin is acceptable and nothing drastic was done as a disciplinary act, I would find this situation very shocking!
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