Shao-Lin Basketball
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- ukit20
What uuuuuu said above
It's definitely racist and although I can't get that worked up about it, it's annoying that the bar for offensiveness/racial stereotyping is so much higher for Asians than it is for instance blacks or Jews
- doktornomore0
From the world of Walt "Clyde" Frazier to this... now this Lin kid has just got to cut some 'burns, pop a fedora and he be ready to take over...
And if you got the time...
- oey0
Black = color
Jew = Somebody that follows Judaism, religion
Jewish = Jew likePeople from Isrrael speak a bit frrench like and say "r" instead of "h"
Not all...But some i know say: "Rallo" insteaf of "Hallo"
- oey0
The maths video could be funnier if it wasn't for that stupid voice.
Or does he really speaks like that?
I'm asking.- no, he is from California. zero accent.HijoDMaite
- He speaks surfer language then...oey
- randommail0
Chink In The Armor?
So obvious it was done intentionally to get attention.
What sort of shitty headline is that? What does Lin or the Knicks have to do with armor?
Fuck you ESPN.
- ukit20
Hard to say it was intentional. Probably just a dumb mistake.
- oey0
When I first saw the thread I thought it was about a movie in the same style as "Shaolin Soccer".
Besides, if he's from Taiwan, then that Shaolin thing is even more provocative because of the high tensioned political relations between those two countries.
It shows a lot of ignorance and follows the common stereotype that all Asians look the same or are all the same thing.It's only good basketball, in this case from an American with Taiwanese roots.
- Miguex0
- Saying he is shao lin is like saying he is new york.pango
- he's new york tooCygnusZero4
- oh he is new york? that awesomeMiguex
- uuuuuu0
You are naive, its the same as throwing the N word into a headline. I don't get how ESPN gets away with this then blames the reporters who were probably told to... its done for the attention anyway.
Sorry its nothing personal but it reminds me of a discussion I had around here a few years ago with someone about Pakistan and they kept referring to Pakistanis as "pakis" and then claimed they had zero clue its a racist slur. Chink... its racist, now you know.
This also reminds me of the guy who threw a banana on the ice while a black player was taking a penalty shot in the NHL recently. He claimed he didn't realize it was a racist gesture and had bought the banana at the standium. Where can you buy a fucking banana in a hockey stadium? He just randomly threw it during the black guy's penalty shot? He was let off too on the hate crime part and given a 'trespassing' charge or something.
Say i"m over reacting but all of these things are intentionally desensitize us to racism, we begin to be apologists for overt bigotry.
- I agree, I only knew that word as a slang before this. I'm not defending it at all.fooler
- sorry, not fully directed at your comment, just sayinguuuuuu
- well I did tell you to call me naivefooler
- hehehuuuuuu
- I'm with uuuuuuu!Glitterati_Duane
- +1
Good for uuuuuuukit2 - we are not being desensitized by any means. People used to kill you for the color of your skin.epigraph
- BattleAxe0
Knicks beat the defending Champion Dallas Mavericks , what the hell is going on out there in NYC
- dijitaq0
amazing. dropped 38 on the lakers. carmelo who?
- pango0
Nahhhh i think it's blowing out of proportion.
none of the Asian(Chinese) I know is really mad about it. Including my self (Chinese/Taiwanese descendent). Sure it's offensive. but it's not really that big of a deal. IMO. Lin even said it him self he is not remotely bothered by it. I give this whole situation a shrug.
oh you guys have no idea how verbally racist Asian's can be behind you back LOL. all for humor, not for bad intention tho.
- Ramanisky20
Moo Goo Guy SLAM!
- pango0
ya verbal racism doesn't bother me as much as silent racism or business racism. I get more freelance work if I use a western name than my Chinese name. wtf?!
now that's racist!
- ThePublics0
So uuuuuu, as an azian, how do you feel about Lin using the name "chinkballa" for his blog. Is that a sort of n-word situash, ie, only azians can use the word chink? (but can japanese use the word chink? There seems to be a bit of bad blood between them and the chinese)