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@Andorski said:

Huge overreaction. I would like to see someone justify their claim that the reporter's remarks were conscious attacks on Jeremy Lin rather a bad slip of the tongue. ESPN should have made the guy apologize for his poor choice of words the next time he was on camera and give him a couple of seconds to explain that his words were not well thought out when put into context.

Intent doesn't matter. Hope this helps!

@Foxtrot0245 said:

@Mews said:

@Foxtrot0245: Given that I had already said that I found the term chink to be offensive and that you literally called me a chink, I think I have every right to be offended.

@martyarf said:

@Foxtrot0245 said:

@martyarf said:

@Foxtrot0245 said:

@martyarf: "Thug" has connotations that make you think of black people? Now who is being racist?

I like how you assume I'm white. :3

Now only white people can be racist? Man, you are really digging it deep here.

It's me! I'm the real racist! You got me with your inky squid like defense. Glad we cleared up that the person who called someone a "chink" (that would be you) is not a racist, but I am.

You both don't see a problem with only taking one word in a phrase and accusing someone of calling you that specific word?

"Mews and martyarf are a few apples short of a bushel!"

Sorry to call you guys apples... wait, what?

Uhm, dude, you called him/her it. I hope your weaselly defense is because of shame.

@BigChickenDinner said:

@martyarf said:

@Foxtrot0245 said:

@martyarf said:

@Foxtrot0245 said:

@martyarf: So we should all speak differently to people of different skin colors? What the fuck are you on about?

No one was talking "to" Jeremy Lin, you just interjected that into conversation. They were talking "about" him. Would you like to restate your question, and see how dumb it sounds?

Sure:

So we should speak differently about people depending on their skin color? What the fuck are you on about?

Yes. Of course. Why is that hard to understand? There are words with racial subtext all over the place that have different connotations when you are talking about white people or people of color. You wouldn't call Obama a "thug", because of the racial connotations. However, it would work perfectly fine for Rumsfeld or Bush. Do you need some more examples or are you getting this?

But black people can call each other niggers and its cool? That holds no racial connotations.

Yes it is cool. Would you like to hazard a guess why? It will be really fun to hear your thoughts.

@Foxtrot0245 said:

@martyarf said:

@Foxtrot0245 said:

@martyarf: "Thug" has connotations that make you think of black people? Now who is being racist?

I like how you assume I'm white. :3

Now only white people can be racist? Man, you are really digging it deep here.

It's me! I'm the real racist! You got me with your inky squid like defense. Glad we cleared up that the person who called someone a "chink" (that would be you) is not a racist, but I am.

@Foxtrot0245 said:

@martyarf: "Thug" has connotations that make you think of black people? Now who is being racist?

I like how you assume I'm white. :3

@Foxtrot0245 said:

@martyarf said:

@Foxtrot0245 said:

@martyarf: So we should all speak differently to people of different skin colors? What the fuck are you on about?

No one was talking "to" Jeremy Lin, you just interjected that into conversation. They were talking "about" him. Would you like to restate your question, and see how dumb it sounds?

Sure:

So we should speak differently about people depending on their skin color? What the fuck are you on about?

Yes. Of course. Why is that hard to understand? There are words with racial subtext all over the place that have different connotations when you are talking about white people or people of color. You wouldn't call Obama a "thug", because of the racial connotations. However, it would work perfectly fine for Rumsfeld or Bush. Do you need some more examples or are you getting this?

@Foxtrot0245 said:

@martyarf: So we should all speak differently to people of different skin colors? What the fuck are you on about?

No one was talking "to" Jeremy Lin, you just interjected that into conversation. They were talking "about" him. Would you like to restate your question, and see how dumb it sounds?

@Animasta said:

I don't even see why being "politically correct" is a bad thing. oh no, I don't like offending people based on their race or sexuality or gender, what a piece of shit I am

Clearly you don't understand how hard it is to be a straight white dude these days. Did you know there isn't a single white person in college in America? It's true.

@TheHumanDove said:

@martyarf said:

@TheHumanDove said:

No, what I'm saying is you should stop putting race into words like that. You're empowering racism by demonizing the word, which has long had use before the derogatory second meaning. Words don't need to be changed. Peoples attitudes do. Politically correct to the point that a descriptive word makes you lose your job. It's sad, and so is the fact you support it

"Words don't need to be changed". That shows that you have no concern for the feelings of people of color.

Feelings? Feelings for what? People of colour? Are you serious? Ok, I'm done here. Continue on with the whole eyes and ears covered thing.

Here is a phrase that people of color do not like. They ask you not to use it. You object because...

@Patman99 said:

I dont think his use of the word had any racial implications. Moreover, "chink in the armour" is a well known phrase and I have never thought of it as anything to do with race until this was brought up. Perhaps if the reporter paused after saying chink or gave some kind of indication he was going for the racist pun, then I would probably call racism but there was nothing of the sort. Also, being a fairly big sports fanatic, "chink in the armour" is used constantly when referring to a team or player. You could literally replace "Lin" with any other sport superstar (e.g. Brett Favre, Tom Brady, Pavel Datsyuk, Roy Halladay, etc.) in the OP's clip and it would sound completely normal. In fact, I dont think there is anything out of the ordinary with that clip other than some people have made a racist connection where there was not one.

You cannot use that phrase to refer to a person of Asian descent. Ta da! Moral and ethical quandry solved! How oppressive it is to keep up with the concerns of marginalised populations.