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Athlete Asian
Asian Night In Toronto Has Asian Player. See also: "As with any Asian person in popular culture, people's first resort is a torrent of pan-Asian racist gibberish: If it has anything to do with any country, food, product, concept, or stereotype involving Asia, the rule is basically, 'Make any association or equivalence you want, whatever.'"
He's Asian? Gee, I hadn't heard. I just think it's great that our popular culture has a long-overdue example of someone who worked hard enough to succeed in spite of being saddled with an economics degree from Harvard.
But can we still refer to him as mysterious, inscrutable, cunning, wily, wise, clever, or slippery in color commentary?! The sportscasters of the world demand to know!
@Leon Tchotchke And what about sneaky? Can I say he's sneaky? And what if I say he hoodwinked his opponents with an elegant chop suey? Is that okay?
There's more to this narrative than that.
*strikes gong*
The Linscriptions at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are very sobering.
But more importantly, he's expressed admiration for Tim Tebow and has said he'd like to emulate Tebow's charity work.
So all my super Christiany-Christian friends are now claiming Lin as one of theirs.*
So Asians, prepare to fight to the death with the Christians over who gets to lay claim to the essential Lin.
*The only legit exemption to these band wagon fans is my born-again, Asian friend who was a captain of the Harvard Hockey team. He can legitimately claim Lin as his own. Because he was there long before Lin.
@hockeymom Like many Asian Americans, Lin is a devout Christian. There is no conflict.
@Lockheed Ventura This is something I did not know! But I hang with heathens and pagans, generally.
All I see is an American success story.
Can't wait for when the first out NBA player makes a game winner, and the New York Post headline reads "SWISH".