{"id":17530,"date":"2021-02-27T12:53:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T07:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=96192"},"modified":"2021-02-27T12:53:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T07:23:57","slug":"former-nba-star-jeremy-lin-said-he-has-experienced-racism-on-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/nba\/former-nba-star-jeremy-lin-said-he-has-experienced-racism-on-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NBA star Jeremy Lin said he has experienced racism on court"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to a report from CNN, former NBA star player Jeremy Lin said that he experienced racism on the court and called as \u2018coronavirus\u2019 while playing basketball. The number of violent attacks against Asian Americans escalated in the last few years. Communities and advocates across the US\u00a0 have been on high alert in recent weeks following a string of recent attacks against Asian Americans.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Lin experienced his anger and shared his experience through a Facebook post on Thursday. Lin currently plays for Santa Cruz Warriors, which is the G League affiliate of the Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSomething is changing in this generation of Asian Americans. We are tired of being told that we don\u2019t experience racism, we are tired of being told to keep our heads down and not make trouble. We are tired of Asian American kids growing up and being asked where they\u2019re REALLY from, of having our eyes mocked, of being objectified as exotic, or being told we\u2019re inherently unattractive. We are tired of the stereotypes in Hollywood affecting our psyche and limiting who we think we can be. We are tired of being invisible, of being mistaken for our colleague, or told our struggles aren\u2019t as real.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I want better for my elders who worked so hard and sacrificed so much to make a life for themselves here. I want better for my niece and nephew and future kids. I want better for the next generation of Asian American athletes than to have to work so hard to just be \u201cdeceptively athletic.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Being an Asian American doesn\u2019t mean we don\u2019t experience poverty and racism.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Being a 9 year NBA veteran doesn\u2019t protect me from being called \u201ccoronavirus\u201d on the court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Being a man of faith doesn\u2019t mean I don\u2019t fight for justice, for myself and for others.\u201d he wrote in his Facebook post.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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