With the rise of the New York Knicks’ Jeremy Lin, I’ve been hearing a lot about racism, specifically about journalists and other media being admonished and celebrities being reprimanded for comments, “colorful” headlines and off-color jokes made to describe Mr. Lin. But soon after these comments are made and everyone’s had a good laugh, there’s a fast break and mad scramble to retract and back peddle, accompanied by overreaching apologies for offending Lin’s ethnicity with claims of racism towards Lin and his Asian heritage. What the apologies are being issued for – I’m not sure. In most cases, the … (2 comments)
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