"Chink in the Armor"

“Chink in the Armor”

It seems like everything now-a-days has to be so god damn politically correct!  Honestly it makes me sick!  People can’t say certain things because there are some people in this world that are so sensitive that they scream racist every time they read something or hear something they don’t like!  So what is all the “Hoop-Laa” about this week?  Well, of course it’s still all about Jeremy Lin, but it’s what ESPN wrote and one analyst said about him that have some people outraged.  I write this to find out how you feel.

Even feel good stories like the recent success New York Knick point guard Jeremy Lin is having in the last two weeks results in some employees at ESPN getting fired.  Simply because some people think that a certain headline was a racist remark.  On ESPN.com last week a headline stated “Chink in the armor” and showed a picture of Jeremy Lin.  Some consider that headline was racially insensitive and was a direct shot at Asian-American Jeremy Lin.  What others see is that it is a term that is often used to describe a flaw or a glitch in an otherwise fairly good or potentially flawless system.  This was the Knicks first loss since “Lin-sanity” swept over New York City and subsequently the rest of the world.  The Knicks are 7-1 since he (Lin) has been inserted in the line-up and ESPN is now down several employees.  Seems strange people have to lose there jobs over something that has everyone in such euphoria.  Watch, and honestly ask yourself is this man a “racist.”  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ESEGRwnQW4k

I personally don’t think so.  Perhaps, this was an error in judgment but I don’t think there was any malicious intent of racism in that statement.  I do believe that the catch phrases and superlatives that have been used in the last two weeks have gotten a little ridiculous.  Enough is enough with the “Knick names”…..ok I just had to use that one, but seriously as a sports fan as many people are lets just enjoy the excitement this guy is providing and stop trying to read between the lines on someone’s choice of words, attempting to determine if someone is a racist!

On a lighter note, according to Jay-Z if Lin can make it here...he can make it anywhere!  In New York!