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Lin won鈥檛 鈥榥ame, shame鈥 in racism row
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Jeremy Lin says he won鈥檛 be 鈥渘aming or shaming anyone鈥 amid reports the NBA鈥檚 G League is investigating his claim he was called 鈥渃oronavirus鈥 during a game.
鈥淚 know this will disappoint some of you but I鈥檓 not naming or shaming anyone,鈥 Lin tweeted on Saturday.
鈥淲hat good does it do in this situation for someone to be torn down? It doesn鈥檛 make my community safer or solve any of our long-term problems with racism.鈥
Lin, a former National Basketball Association guard whose heroics for the New York Knicks sparked 鈥淟insanity鈥 in 2012, spoke in a Facebook post on Thursday of racism that the Asian-American community faces, a problem made worse in the coronavirus pandemic during which former president Donald Trump routinely referred to COVID-19 as the 鈥淐hinese Virus.鈥
鈥淏eing a 9-year NBA veteran doesn鈥檛 protect me from being called 鈥榗oronavirus鈥 on the court,鈥 wrote Lin, who is currently a member of the Golden State Warriors鈥 Santa Cruz affiliate in the NBA鈥檚 developmental G League.
He said there were better ways to support Asian-American communities experiencing racism.
鈥淔ighting ignorance with ignorance will get us nowhere. Sharing our own pain by painting another group of people with stereotypes is not the way,鈥 Lin said.
鈥淟isten to the voices that are teaching us how to be anti-racist towards ALL people. Hear others鈥 stories, expand your perspective, stop comparing experiences. I believe this generation can be different.鈥
Lin became the first American-born NBA player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA when he played for the Warriors in the 2010-11 season.
He became a breakout star for the Knicks the following season, and became the first Asian-American to win an NBA title with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.
After struggling with injury and failing to cement a spot with an NBA team, he enjoyed a successful spell with the Chinese Basketball Association, helping the Beijing Ducks reach the league semifinals before opting to return to the States.
Lin has spoken previously of encountering racism during his career, although in 2017 he said it was worse when he was playing for Harvard as a university student.
鈥淲hen I experienced racism in the Ivy League, it was my assistant coach Kenny Blakeney that talked me through it,鈥 Lin tweeted on Saturday.
鈥淗e shared with me his own experiences as a Black man 鈥 stories of racism I couldn鈥檛 begin to comprehend. Stories of being called the n-word and having things thrown at him from cars. He drew from his experiences with identity to teach me how to stay strong in mine.
鈥淗e was also the first person to tell me I was an NBA player as a sophomore at Harvard. I thought he was crazy.鈥
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