Jeremy Lin says he still gets stopped by arena security because he's Asian

This article changed my life.

 

No, Jeremy, it's because of your stupid, greasy mohawk.

 

Where are all these movies. The Last Racist. The Last Nazi. The Last Center.

 

I don't believe him.

 

Wasn't this out couple of weeks ago? and it should be grouped in the Lin thread, since this only applies to him...

 

it doesn't surprise me and it shouldn't surprise him. he's working in an industry dominated by african americans.

 

Typical reactions. If it is Asian, it doesn't matter. If we had security guards that only profile African Americans at science conferences, it would be all over the news.

 

Scotty Brooks used to get stopped all the time, too.

 

JJ Barea still does

 

Prigioni must be a victim as well. Dudr looks like a pizza delivery guy

 

While that might be true, it's even more annoying when the news takes a single anecdote and runs with it as if it's symptomatic of everyone's behavior, which just causes more frustration and friction. The news is such an abomination nowadays that I stay away from it.

I'm not sure what kind of reaction would be most constructive to this article. There's not much you or I can do about Jeremy Lin's interactions with arena security.

We can only control how we treat people with respect.

 

Thanks JeremyTheGreart playa for staying humble , security guards jealous from you just like tinman

 

The most racist encounter he had was actually from his own teammates, Melo and JR Smith

 

I betcha Yao Ming was never stopped.

They are probably profiling short people who dress like Harvard students with a Mohawk. That's why Calvin Murphy started dressing so wild, at 5'8 he was stopped all the time until he learned to dress the part.

 

Jeremy Lin is 6'3". I'm guessing they're not stopping Troy Daniels.

 

Does Daniela where a stupid Mohawk like a frat boy trying to get backstage

I'm saying anyone short enough to be in an entourage who doesn't look special like Calvin Murphy gets asked for credentials. 6'3 is not that tall. A freaking white kid would too. Blacks too. These arena security ppl are just dicks.

Btw. I'm making a freaking joke about Yao and Calvin, just to see who gets their Mohawk ruffled

 

Well, similarly I betcha Barack Obama was never required to produce extra documentation when paying by cheque at grocery stores or provide any sort of proof of his creditworthiness.

Yet, that does not mean that racism does not exist in that regard.

 

At the arena like that, it isn't racism...it's "profiling" to keep "gate jumpers" out of the backstage area. I'm sure many no-team members who are whites and blacks who are 6'3 have made it through those security lines....so they are going to stop people who don't profile as an NBA player. I'm sure many white players deal with it too, and short black players

And I've lost some respect for Jeremy Lin to be as careless as to call profiling, racism. He's either an idiot for mistaking profiling with racism or he was misquoted.

Throwing out that word like that is a shame. It weakens the true racism out there for blacks, asians, muslims, etc who get truly discriminated against in personal insults, jobs, housing, etc...like the Tweets he gets, I suppose.