Post by Luca on Jul 30, 2019 11:28:31 GMT -8
There was an article I ran across 2 days ago in CNN that just made me shake my head. The head line was:
"Jeremy Lin is the first Asian American player to win an NBA ring. Now he says the league has given up on him."
You read that and if you don’t understand how professional sports work it appears to say something like:
"Pioneering Asian American athlete conquers racism, only to be discarded by NBA after winning championship."
The article goes on to quote him as saying "….. I feel like, in some ways, the NBA has kind of given up on me." He was a part-time player for Toronto this year and like every other player on the team received a championship ring, but the article states that "While some criticized Lynn for receiving a ring………" and “Some have credited Lin’s success with helping Asian American athletes fight racist sterotypes and preconceptions about their skills."
In fact, what he is going through is what essentially every professional athlete goes through. He had a good year or two and then struggled for the rest of his career because he was not all-star quality. He was a journeyman player and now his career is ending. There is nothing more to it than that. The NBA "gives up on players" when they no longer have the ability to play at an acceptable level. If the league discriminates it’s hard to explain why 75% of the players are black. Using CNN logic it’s obvious that white players are discriminated against, but I haven’t seen any articles confirming that. Professional sports are self evidently the closest thing we have to a pure meritocracy.
Who the hell would criticize a part-time player for getting a ring for playing on a championship team? Has anybody ever heard of a professional team that only gives championship rings to the starters? The author is struggling to build a case for occult discrimination.
There are no "stereotypes" about Asian Americans basketball skills. There is a "reality". There are damned few of them in the NBA (0.2%) because there aren’t many professional quality Asian American basketball players. It’s not a stereotype if it’s evidently true. It's not a stereotype that Asian Americans are better at badminton than Hispanics. It’s a fact.
So I looked up who the hell this author was, trying trying to make a political point where there is none to be made. Michelle Lou is – surprise - an Asian American freelance writer who looks to be about 23 years old and also writes for – surprise - the HuffPost. She has worked for CNN for about 6 months now and has evidently learned that to make a nondescript story get attention you have to have a political/racial angle whether it is overtly nonsense or not…………………………………………Luca
"Jeremy Lin is the first Asian American player to win an NBA ring. Now he says the league has given up on him."
You read that and if you don’t understand how professional sports work it appears to say something like:
"Pioneering Asian American athlete conquers racism, only to be discarded by NBA after winning championship."
The article goes on to quote him as saying "….. I feel like, in some ways, the NBA has kind of given up on me." He was a part-time player for Toronto this year and like every other player on the team received a championship ring, but the article states that "While some criticized Lynn for receiving a ring………" and “Some have credited Lin’s success with helping Asian American athletes fight racist sterotypes and preconceptions about their skills."
In fact, what he is going through is what essentially every professional athlete goes through. He had a good year or two and then struggled for the rest of his career because he was not all-star quality. He was a journeyman player and now his career is ending. There is nothing more to it than that. The NBA "gives up on players" when they no longer have the ability to play at an acceptable level. If the league discriminates it’s hard to explain why 75% of the players are black. Using CNN logic it’s obvious that white players are discriminated against, but I haven’t seen any articles confirming that. Professional sports are self evidently the closest thing we have to a pure meritocracy.
Who the hell would criticize a part-time player for getting a ring for playing on a championship team? Has anybody ever heard of a professional team that only gives championship rings to the starters? The author is struggling to build a case for occult discrimination.
There are no "stereotypes" about Asian Americans basketball skills. There is a "reality". There are damned few of them in the NBA (0.2%) because there aren’t many professional quality Asian American basketball players. It’s not a stereotype if it’s evidently true. It's not a stereotype that Asian Americans are better at badminton than Hispanics. It’s a fact.
So I looked up who the hell this author was, trying trying to make a political point where there is none to be made. Michelle Lou is – surprise - an Asian American freelance writer who looks to be about 23 years old and also writes for – surprise - the HuffPost. She has worked for CNN for about 6 months now and has evidently learned that to make a nondescript story get attention you have to have a political/racial angle whether it is overtly nonsense or not…………………………………………Luca
