ESPN sorry for offensive headline on Lin story

[Monet]

well said tokugawa

To be honest, that word just reminds of a time (1800s to mid 1970s) when there was a lot of racism i.e., Chinese Head Tax, Chinese Railway Laborers who were paid less than Whites and Blacks, Chinatown slums, Right to Vote (1947), etc. I mean you can say stupid things like FOB (Fresh off the Boat), Richman for Richmond, Hongcouver, University of a Billion Chinese, etc. but I draw the line at 'Chink' and 'Chinamen'! Those are two words that I have no tolerance for!

 

[jesuschrist]

It's easier for me to move on because I have a brain and I am not ruled by my emotions, and probably because I have nothing to gain by dwelling on it. As for the rest of your comment, obviously these incidents happened in country's where I was the minority. I could have complained but no one would have cared.

You can move on because you live in a society where the default culture and institutions reflect your heritage. Those whose heritage is different from that are forced to face that difference every day, possibly every hour. The main culture has the advantage of being desensitized to it. The other cultures can only become more sensitized to it over time. It has nothing to do with your so-called brain. It has everything to do with your being an average person in a certain set of circumstances, and you've behaved in exactly the expected manner. The remarkable thing is not what you've done, it is what the minorities have done by adapting even as well as they do, and depending on your lack of sensitivity to that, you may never see or understand the extent of that adaptation.

Now you also speak about being a minority in a foreign country. How foreign? Were they a European country? If not, was it a country where being White was held up as being superior? Because if any of the two are true, then you cannot equate your experience as a minority and your so-called tolerance to anything similar to non-white minorities in white countries.

 

[storm rider]

From ESPN:

At ESPN we are aware of three offensive and inappropriate comments made on ESPN outlets during our coverage of Jeremy Lin.

Saturday we apologized for two references. We have since learned of a similar reference Friday on ESPN Radio New York. The incidents were separate and different. We have engaged in a thorough review of all three and have taken the following action:

• The ESPN employee responsible for our Mobile headline has been dismissed.

• The ESPNEWS anchor has been suspended for 30 days.

• The radio commentator is not an ESPN employee.

We again apologize, especially to Mr. Lin. His accomplishments are a source of great pride to the Asian-American community, including the Asian-American employees at ESPN. Through self-examination, improved editorial practices and controls, and response to constructive criticism, we will be better in the future.

Nice to see they fired the douchebag and suspended the other guy...he should have been fired though.

SR

 

[LoadShooter]

For the live interview guy, seemed innocent enough, but just a poor choice of words given the context of the story.

For the headline editor, complete ignorance and incompetence. Like they said on PTI, headlines generally have double entendre's, or two meanings, so there was no hiding the message in the headline. Completely unprofessional.