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Post by anansi on Feb 18, 2012 15:27:40 GMT -5
(Reuters) - Sports network ESPN apologized on Saturday for an anti-Asian slur that appeared with a story about New York Knicks star point guard Jeremy Lin published on one of its websites overnight. The headline -- "Chink in the Armor" -- accompanied an online analysis that blamed Lin, a Chinese-American, for the Knick's surprising 89-85 loss to the New Orleans Hornets at a sold-out Madison Square Garden on Friday night. The loss ended the Knicks' seven-game winning streak. In a statement, ESPN called the headline, which was up on the mobile website for about 35 minutes early Saturday morning, "offensive." It said it was "conducting a complete review of our cross-platform editorial procedures and are determining appropriate disciplinary action to ensure this does not happen again. We regret and apologize for this mistake." Lin, who contributed to the Knicks' loss to the Hornets by committing nine turnovers, did not address ESPN's gaffe on his Twitter site, @jlin7. But the 23-year-old Harvard graduate, whose on-court heroics have made him a sports sensation and media darling nearly overnight, did talk about his performance in Friday's game, his first defeat as a Knicks starter. "9 TOs wont get it done...gotta learn from my mistakes and move on to the next one. See you guys sunday!" The Knicks will play the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Lin, who was rejected by a string of NBA teams, became the unlikely driving force behind the Knicks' seven consecutive wins. His surprising performance inspired an outpouring of fan adoration that has been dubbed "Linsanity." (Reporting by James B. Kelleher) news.yahoo.com/espn-apologizes-offensive-headline-jeremy-lin-172433943--spt.html
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Post by jari on Feb 19, 2012 13:33:27 GMT -5
Yeah, because we are "Post-Racial" in America...
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Post by truthteacher2007 on Feb 20, 2012 12:28:57 GMT -5
.....Sooo, when they had the meeting to sign off on that... you mean to tell me no one saw a problem with this? I can't believe that in this day and age people are still so damn clueless. Does something this stupid really have to gop public before people can see that its problematic? And people wonder why we're still making a fuss about racism?
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Post by jari on Feb 20, 2012 13:55:20 GMT -5
Yeah, I think some people live in a bubble, esp. in America, where they don't understand how stupid stuff like this affects people of another culture. I honestly don't know what race the person is who published this but it does'nt matter, this was stupid and uncalled for. I don't get the whole racism(Not just this one) directed at Linn, but hey you know what they say, "You know your are doing something right when people are hating on you.".. SMH..I just don't understand how NO ONE saw this as a problem..sad. .....Sooo, when they had the meeting to sign off on that... you mean to tell me no one saw a problem with this? I can't believe that in this day and age people are still so damn clueless. Does something this stupid really have to gop public before people can see that its problematic? And people wonder why we're still making a fuss about racism?
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Post by truthteacher2007 on Feb 21, 2012 13:58:33 GMT -5
It just seems that we're constantly reinventing the wheel. You would think, given our history in this country that people would know better. I guess this is why its so important to keep that history in the public eye. We tend to forget so quickly what happened and the negative impact that people had to deal with. If people aren't constantly sensitized next thing you know we go sliding back into situations where things are said and done that have escalating negative effects on people's lives. I totally agree with you on the hater thing. Just sad that seeing someone excell in a certain area triggers some people's insecurities instead of being able to feel good for them. Boy, we have a lot to work on as a society! Yeah, I think some people live in a bubble, esp. in America, where they don't understand how stupid stuff like this affects people of another culture. I honestly don't know what race the person is who published this but it does'nt matter, this was stupid and uncalled for. I don't get the whole racism(Not just this one) directed at Linn, but hey you know what they say, "You know your are doing something right when people are hating on you.".. SMH..I just don't understand how NO ONE saw this as a problem..sad. .....Sooo, when they had the meeting to sign off on that... you mean to tell me no one saw a problem with this? I can't believe that in this day and age people are still so damn clueless. Does something this stupid really have to gop public before people can see that its problematic? And people wonder why we're still making a fuss about racism?
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Post by nebsen on Feb 21, 2012 14:34:28 GMT -5
Well, if you have most of the news rooms papers, magazines etc. void of people of color, this is what you get. During the past years their have been massive lay off of Black, Brown, & Asians journalist it would make your head spin !! So now you have news rooms dominated by white, mostly males of privilege, all drinking from the same monochromic cultural well.... this is what they serve up to a more increasingly population that is rapidly changing into the most racially & ethnically diverse population ever in America . If you don't have people of color to "fact check" what go's out of the news rooms you get s---- like this. What make it very strange to me is, right after Obama got elected to office I noticed the start of many journalist of color being laid off due to the recession
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