Jason Whitlock makes joke about Jeremy Lin’s package
The Asian American Journalists Association has called for FOXSports.com columnist Jason Whitlock to apologize after the writer tweeted a racially insensitive comment about New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin. The association released the statement Saturday night on Facebook.
“Outrage doesn’t begin to describe the reaction of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) to your unnecessary and demeaning tweet of Feb. 10 after the New York Knicks played the Los Angeles Lakers: “Some lucky lady in NYC is gonna feel a couple of inches of pain tonight.””
Wait? How does he know it’s only ONE girl and sorry, not all Asian men have small wee-wees. Just read some of Nancy Lee’s articles.
Let’s not pretend we don’t know to what you were referring. The attempt at humor – and we hope that is all it was – fell flat. It also exposed how some media companies fail to adequately monitor the antics of their high-profile representatives. Standards need to be applied – by you and by Fox Sports.
The offensive tweet debased one of sports’ feel-good moments, not just among Asian Americans but for so many others who are part of your audience.
Where do we go from here? How about an apology, Mr. Whitlock.
– signed the AAJA
UPDATE: At 12:44 a.m. Feb. 12, Jason Whitlock posted this on Foxsports.com:
I get Linsanity. I’ve cried watching Tiger Woods win a major golf championship. Jeremy Lin, for now, is the Tiger Woods of the NBA. I suspect Lin makes Asian Americans feel the way I feel when I watch Tiger play golf.
I should’ve realized that Friday night when I watched Lin torch the Lakers. For Asian Americans and a lot of sports fans, his nationally televised 38-point outburst was the equivalent of Tiger’s first victory in The Masters. I got caught up in the excitement. I tweeted about what a great story Lin is and how he could rival Tim Tebow.
I then gave in to another part of my personality — my immature, sophomoric, comedic nature. It’s been with me since birth, a gift from my mother and honed as a child listening to my godmother’s Richard Pryor albums. I still want to be a standup comedian.
The couple-inches-of-pain tweet overshadowed my sincere celebration of Lin’s performance and the irony that the stereotype applies to pot-bellied, overweight male sports writers, too. As the Asian American Journalist Association pointed out, I debased a feel-good sports moment. For that, I’m truly sorry.
-Jason Whitlock
What a disgusting slob. What Asian girl would be with him?
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Jaso Whitlock did’t mea a word of his apology…read what his mokier says…he is the brave oe ot afair to say what others thik but are too afraid to say,almost every article of his is about race and usually he is attacking white guys,geerally if it about a player it is about well we all kow that white guys this ad that how they are inferior,et.,etc, that is if he is eve talkig about players,usually he is attackig white guys across America sayig that everythig they say ad do is about racism this and that ad if they ever do aythig good at all they must have stole the idea or thig from a black perso cause we all kow they all are secod class citizes ad ever could be as good a a strog black guy like him and sayig so may offesive things daily that he should have been fired long long ago…..You gave him a chance ad preteded it was ot meat as a slur ad give him the beefit of the doubt which disgusts me because it just shows how politically correct you were beig as I kow you looked back at his other posts to see what kid of guy he is adn saw how really racist he was but stil you let him off the hook instead of demading as many before should have that he should be fired if not for just this o e offe se to someo e you feel connected to but you stadig up for all other races too which would have show that you are for all mans equalities and not that you cared about only the asian american people =( Jason Whitlock is a disgusting slob as the other poster says and he alone keeps racism alive in media and I am sure he has caused others to get harmed by stirring others to violence!!
Where do these babes buy these dresses? Fredericks of Hollywood for Hookers? Where can I get one in my size in red? Maybe they’ll be having another two for one sale just in time for my upcoming business meeting! LOL Only in LA folks, only in LA!