Posted on 02/16/2012 4:41:10 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
MSG Network might be the next media entity to apologize for a regrettable reaction to the success of the New York Knicks’ Jeremy Lin.
After Lin led the Knicks to a 100-85 win over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday, the network displayed a graphic featuring the point guard. Lin’s face was posted above a broken fortune cookie with the words “The Knicks Good Fortune” on a sheet of paper.
Lin, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, has been the target of disparaging tweets about his heritage since his play thrust him into the public eye. Boxer Floyd Mayweather said Lin is receiving attention on the scale that he has because he is Asian. Fox Sports columnist Jason Whitlock posted a Tweet that perpetuated a stereotype about Asian men.
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Newt, Sarah, are you listening?
Yes,along with pistachio ice cream for desert.We spent three
weeks in China on a tour and had waternelon for dessert every nite.
“Panties are in a twist over a fortune cookie?”
I thought Lin was the ‘Fortune Rookie!’
LOL. I was thinking that,too.
I feel bad for laughing at this...
Let's put this in the same light as Rush and the “outraged” left.
Why does Whitlock disparage Lin's sexual organ?
Does he know that Lin is just a few inches? How can Whitlock publicly make such an accusation?
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