pebblegrain
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I don't quite understand how your reply relates to my comment, but thanks for contributing.
Ron speaks the truth. How ignorant do you have to be (as many, many NBA players of color are) to not notice ****-tons of Asians playing at pickup games and in high school. You can tell the completely ignorant (Shaq) from the people who have some comprehension of the modern world (Kenny Smith) from their reaction to this.
A significant reason that Lin is blowing up as much as he is, is of his race. The others are his basketball abilities and the fact that he is in NY, and to a lesser extent, that he went to Harvard. Yet you will notice some commentators make an effort to paint the underdog story strictly from the Harvard perspective, rather than from the Asian-American perspective, because of all the pressure to be politically correct. It's hard to avoid noticing race. It's part of reality.
Ron Artest says some wacky things, but he actually spoke truthfully and frankly in a recent interview, rather than sidestep the Asian-American issue:
Q: What do you think about all the attention he's getting on Twitter?
A: I think it’s good because it’s a first. It’s the first time. It’s just not normal to see an Asian-American in the NBA, and he’s the first. (Actually, he's the fourth. But who's counting.) And it’s great because Asian-Americans play a whole lot of basketball throughout America. You see it all the time. How many Asian-Americans do you see playing basketball in the street who actually want to play in the NBA? I’m assuming there’s a lot of them. And he did what it takes to play, and he’s a role model. Good in school, he’s a role model all the way around.
I don't quite understand how your reply relates to my comment, but thanks for contributing.
Ron speaks the truth. How ignorant do you have to be (as many, many NBA players of color are) to not notice ****-tons of Asians playing at pickup games and in high school. You can tell the completely ignorant (Shaq) from the people who have some comprehension of the modern world (Kenny Smith) from their reaction to this.