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Some were fired after that. The news guy suspended for 30 days.
Myself, a chink in the armor to me meant a flaw in the armor of the opposing team.
That the player happens to be asian and the term chink is a derogatory name is purely coincidence.
ESPN runs "Chink in the Armor" headline with Jeremy Lin story | JIMROMENESKO.COM
ESPN fired a writer today for the following headline about an Asian American basketball player:
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My question is, do you think it was right to fire the writer, or are we getting too sensitive / PC?
As I said...I didn't see what the big hoopla was. Finally it dawned on me they were bitching about the chink word. In essence, I was not looking for something racial and never made the connection. I would have if they said "Gook in the armor".
ESPN runs "Chink in the Armor" headline with Jeremy Lin story | JIMROMENESKO.COM
ESPN fired a writer today for the following headline about an Asian American basketball player:
View attachment 67122686
My question is, do you think it was right to fire the writer, or are we getting too sensitive / PC?
Well, it's a racially insensitive term used by racists so either the person who wrote it intended to be racist or intended to make a 'joke'. In both cases, whoever wrote and approved it it is/are stupid and should be fired if only for potentially hurting the reputation of ESPN. However, if they worked at my company, I would not only fire them for potentially hurting the reputation of the business, but for also bringing unacceptable racial insensitive into a work environment.ESPN runs "Chink in the Armor" headline with Jeremy Lin story | JIMROMENESKO.COM
ESPN fired a writer today for the following headline about an Asian American basketball player:
View attachment 67122686
My question is, do you think it was right to fire the writer, or are we getting too sensitive / PC?
It was a smart business decision to fire him, but that's because the population at large is hypersensitive. When are we going to around to becoming a colorblind society and thinking about race like we do eye color?
Dunno if that's ever possible. I don't know if a colorblind society is even desirable, as you'll probably necessarily be asking large portions of the population to give up a certain cultural identity.
Well, it's a racially insensitive term used by racists so either the person who wrote it intended to be racist or intended to make a 'joke'. In both cases, whoever wrote and approved it it is/are stupid and should be fired if only for potentially hurting the reputation of ESPN. However, if they worked at my company, I would not only fire them for potentially hurting the reputation of the business, but for also bringing unacceptable racial insensitive into a work environment.
I think when most people say "colorblind society" they mean that in terms of social acceptance.
I agree that it would be oversensitive to be outraged or hurt by this since it's relatively innocuous in terms of it's affect on people. However, 'chink' is a racially charged word used by racists. There's nothing sensitive about understanding that and thinking that it was used in a racist sense.People are way too sensitive. Everything isn't racist, in fact, very few things actually are. I'd like to smack people who scream racism at every turn with a shovel.
Or they could have just used the expression and not think about the racial implications. It's easy to miss stuff like this if your not thinking about race IMO.
Ideally we should strive for a society that isn't "colorblind" per se, but where every race is treated equally by society. Idk how realistic that is though.
It's possible, but it'd be a hell of a coincidence in my opinion when there are tons of other potential headlines to choose from. This entire story Linderella story has been about Lin's race, it's hard to see how a writer could keep that out of his mind.
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