A Link to Jeremy Lin 60 Minutes Interview on YouTube.com

Jeremy Lin Video - 60 Minutes Interview

Accidental Racist Video Links - Controversial Music Video by Brad Paisley, LL Cool J

Brad Paisley (Feat. LL Cool J) - Accidental Racist Video

Brad Paisley / LL Cool J - Accidental Racist Video - YouTube.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4bq4hP35yc&feature=youtu.be Note: The Accidental Racist Video has been removed from YouTube.com

Trevor Moore (What About Mouthwash?) - A Video response to Accidental Racist

LA Times Columnist - Gregory Rodiguez and Floyd Mayweather in the same Corner

I am officially putting Los Angeles Times Opinion Columnist Gregory Rodriquez in the same group of uninformed racially insensitive individuals as Floyd Mayweather, Jason Whitlock and Anthony Frederico (former ESPN editor). I thought the Anti-Asian rhetoric in the media had disappeared with the injury to New York Knicks Guard Jeremy Lin, but today I read Gregory Rodriquez's LA Times Opinion Column: New wave of immigrants -- a new target too? Mr. Rodriguez references a new study by the Pew Research Center and surmises that, "Asians are the new Jews." WTF, what kind of racially insensitive comment toward Asian Americans and Jews is that? This is the year 2012 and I continue to be mystified why any Minority writer would infer such a stereotype based on a statistic. Shame on you G-Rod!

BTW, the picture on the right is of Gregory Rodriguez. Hey Gregory, I would like to see your apology to Asian Americans and Jews!

Source: 

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/25/opinion/la-oe-0625-rodriguez-pew-asians--20120625

Ben & Jerrys - Taste the Lin-Sanity - Is it Offensive?

There was another example of racism toward Asian Americans in the news this weekend when Ben & Jerrys was selling Lychee and Fortune Cookie Ice Cream in one of their Boston Stores. As several non-Asians mentioned to me that they didn't think this was offensive. With all this sudden racial sensitivity played out in Media, I have head individuals say that they think this is getting out of hand. When I hear comments like that, it makes me cringe. Yes, I may be oversensitive to these issues, but after the Madison Square Garden Fortune Cookie incident, Jason Whitlock and Floyd Mayweather -- what were the Marketing Folks at Ben and Jerrys thinking?

As someone pointed out, it is one thing if Jeremy Lin had come forth stating a liking to Fortune Cookies and Lychees (another Asian Stereotype), but this assumption has been made solely based on his race.

It appears even after the first Anti-Asian incident several weeks ago, there is still a lack of understanding of cultural sensitivity by many. Maybe it's time that some of our leaders in America stepped forward.

BTW, I'm not particularly fond of Lychees ...

Top Jermy Lin Racism Stories written by Asian American Journlists

1. A Question of Identity: The headline, the tweet, the unfair significance of Jeremy Lin by Jay Caspian Kang, Grantland - 02/22/2012

"What I can say is this: "C-word in the Armor" was completely unacceptable and made me seriously reconsider my continued employment with the company."

2. No More C-Words in the Armor: The Jeremy Lin controversy suggest it's time to retire the phrase for good. by Huan Hsu, Slate 02/21/2012

3. Asian men Can Jump, The Real Lesson of Linsanity by Deanna Fei, 02/17/2012

4. Will Jeremy Lin's success end sterotypes? by Timothy Yu, Special to CNN

Villifying Anthony Federico - Did he know the C-Word was a Raical Slur?

I am one of the those bloggers that is vilifying Anthony Federico, the former ESPN writer. I have read his well-written apology and frankly would like to know the following:

1. Did he know the C-word was a racial slur against Chinese Americans?
2. Did he know the C-word is similar to the N-word?

I have read both his apology and some information from an interview with his boss, Anthony Mormile, the vice president of mobile content at ESPN.

Said Mormile, “Anthony had no concept, no awareness that could be construed as a potentially explosive headline.”

Again, with 6 years experience and certainly with the proclaimed passion for charitable giving -- how could this be a lapse in judgment? How would Federico lack the cultural sensitivity to not notice this?

Unfortunately, Mr. Federico's apology is acknowledged but the professional journalist that should be acknowledged here is Anthony Mormile. He acted swiftly and decisively in firing Federico and perhaps has done more for sending the message to the rest of the professional journalists that racial slurs will not be tolerated in the mainstream media. As I mentioned in a previous post, after Mr. Mormile's actions, Jason Whitlock removed his post.

Rep. Judy Chu

“I think that the use of the term is appalling and offensive,” she said on MSNBC. “The ‘c’ word is for Asian Americans like the ‘n’ word is for African Americans.” - Rep. Judy Chu, California (D)

I absolutely applaud Rep. Judy Chu, the Democrat from California. Rep. Chu is not afraid to take the stand that is is absolutely wrong for the ESPN writer, to use the "C" word. As a Politician and a leader in America, she is standing up for what she believes is an appalling and offensive act.

I also admire Rep. Chu in questioning the innocence of the ESPN writer. I looked up the background of the now fired ESPN writer and he is from the State of Connecticut that has a 3.8% Asian population. His hometown is North Haven, CT with only a .1% Asian population. He attended Providence College that is 12 percent Asian, African-American, Hispanic or Native American descent students. On the other hand, nearby New York City is the home to over one million Asian Americans. Living in the Northeast, it is very difficult to believe that the ESPN writer had never heard of this derogatory racial slur. It is also not believable that ESPN did not provide some type of cultural sensitivity training for its employees, especially those with editorial responsibility. It does sound like ESPN does have some editorial review processes since the headline was removed in less than an hour. The fact that he used this line before is not an acceptable excuse, it certainly was not used in context with an Asian American, one that had already been in the news associated with other racial slurs.

Thanks Rep. Chu for standing up for this Asian American.

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