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| Topic | Jeremy Lin unapologetic if Asian-American activism costs him NBA spot |
| Lebronwon 04/24/21 2:47:53 PM #1: | https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3130766/jeremy-lin-unapologetic-if-asian-american-activism-costs-him-nba NBA champion Jeremy Lin has said that he is unapologetic if his activism will cost him the chance of a return to the league. Lin, who has been outspoken about the rise of anti-Asian violence and prejudice in the US, was on a Paley Impact round table, Medias Role in Combating Hate and Violence Towards Asians and Pacific Islanders. Im going to be honest. In the situation that Im in right now trying to get back to the NBA, its like, do I talk about this? Do I talk about this activism stuff because its seen as a distraction and its like people are saying, even national reporters are saying, Its hurting Jeremys case for getting back into the NBA by talking about this stuff. One thing Im trying to learn as I get older is I gotta be more unapologetic and just be who I need to be and say what I need to say. The NBA free agent has so far been overlooked for a contract, despite starring in the G League for the Santa Cruz Warriors. Lin was asked by moderator Cassidy Hubbarth of his regret at not breaking down more barriers for the next generation of Asian-Americans during Linsanity, his breakout with the New York Knicks in 2012. For me when everything happened with the Knicks and I was playing, for me everyone was talking about the history, this hasnt been done before, this hasnt happened in X amount of years, we havent seen a player like this in 60 years. I was just naive. I didnt understand how systemic it was, how subtle it was, and even when people would do things really overtly, whether its tweets about penis size or crazy stuff, I would just be like, Oh its OK, hes ignorant or Oh its OK, he didnt understand and that was kind of just my way of dealing with it because when I was dealing with racism, which happened all the time in terms of on the court, it was just I cant focus on that. Even this season, Lin was called coronavirus by another player while playing in the G League bubble. Its sad because growing up, everyone always called me Yao Ming, and then now all these (Asian) players are being called Jeremy Lin. You would think that makes me feel good. That makes me feel terrible because I dont really care about them being called me its more the fact they cant be them. --- Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7 ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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