TheloniusMonk wrote:Mistake my ass. Most people here are saying "It was stupid BUT......". If, upon sight, you were able to tell it was stupid and in poor taste, why would anyone think that the people at ESPN (who are paid to create appropriate titles, articles and not to mention the editors) didn't "catch" it? How is it that people who don't do it for a living can see it's stupidity immediately but those who "specialize" in it can't? Everyone knows what chink means as it pertains to a person of Asian decent. Especially a huge company like ESPN. The people involved should be ashamed of themselves. And by the way, I love how people just love to write bigotry off like it can't be hurtful to a person or group of people.

Great point T Monk-
Clary Terry and Freddie Hubbard on WKCR right now.

NEW YORK (CNN) -- ESPN apologized Saturday for an offensive headline about New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin that appeared on its mobile website after the team's season-high, seven-game winning streak came to an end.
The streak, which began when the unlikely star came off the Knicks' bench to guide the team to win-after-improbable-win, helped transform the Harvard graduate of Taiwanese descent into a global brand -- giving rise to the catchphrase "Linsanity."
But early Saturday morning, the network put forth a headline that read "Chink in the Armor," referencing the Knicks' 89- 85 loss Friday night to the New Orleans Hornets at Madison Square Garden, according to ESPN spokesman Kevin Ota. The headline was up for 35 minutes before being removed.
"We are conducting a complete review of our cross-platform editorial procedures and are determining appropriate disciplinary action to ensure this does not happen again," the network said in a statement. "We regret and apologize for this mistake."

Adversely, another definition of the word chink, is to fill narrow openings in, which I must say Jeremy Lin has shown to do well when driving the lane. Go figure!

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:I understand your sadness, but we can't go around expecting people to act a certain way. This is setting yourself up for an upset.

Let things fall from your head like water off a duck.

MarburyAnd1Crossover - letting things fall from your head? What does that mean? Doing nothing? No. You most certainly CAN expect people to act a certain way. Without fundamental expectations you have chaos, disorder and disobedience. ESPN, a business with people paid well to craft messages, got it wrong. They deserve all the heat that is being directed their direction. Maybe they will think next time.

Doing nothing is a punk move.

Saying nothing is what cowardly bystanders do when a neighbor is being robbed in broad daylight.

The surest way for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.

J-Lin lets it roll from his head like a duck. Beh-lee-dat.

“To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”

― Aristotle

Get Up, Stand Up

- Bob Marley

misterearl wrote:Don't Give Up The Fight

“To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”

― Aristotle

Get Up, Stand Up

- Bob Marley

What do you mean to say when you quote this Aristotle?

misterearl wrote:

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:Is more better when it goes from the duck's head.

MarburyAnd1Crossover - Is more better after you read the story of Jackie Robinson and the courageous people like Pee Wee Reese, his Dodger teammate, who defended him against ugly taunts from Philadelphis fans and players.

Is more better when you take a moment to read and think.

Yea...

EnySpree wrote:When I heard the story, I felt deep disappointment. Just when you want to believe in people again...someone slips up. Sad

Endydee wrote:Chink in the armor, is an actual phrase. It means, one's small, but fatal weakness. The fact that ESPN, chose to use it in regards to Jeremy Lin, shows me that they were trying to be clever in going for the double entendre. Instead they come off looking like the fools we all know they are, for their lack of sensitivity or outright ignorance when it comes to the word chink, as it pertains to the Asian community.

Adversely, another definition of the word chink, is to fill narrow openings in, which I must say Jeremy Lin has shown to do well when driving the lane. Go figure!

Anji wrote:I have to say that until I read This thread, I thought that you guys were talking about ESPN turning on the knicks saying that we have a weakness. I hear that phase all time in sports, so I didn't even realize the chink part until it was pointed out.

Maybe it's sad that everything has to be looked at with some kind of bias or ism these days.

It is not bias to call an idiot on using offensive words.

One more thing, as a Knicks fan I especially resent ANY disparaging remark about Jeremy Lin

martin wrote:Oh man, this is gonna confuse the heck out of me... EnySpree and Endydee

EnySpree wrote:When I heard the story, I felt deep disappointment. Just when you want to believe in people again...someone slips up. Sad

Endydee wrote:Chink in the armor, is an actual phrase. It means, one's small, but fatal weakness. The fact that ESPN, chose to use it in regards to Jeremy Lin, shows me that they were trying to be clever in going for the double entendre. Instead they come off looking like the fools we all know they are, for their lack of sensitivity or outright ignorance when it comes to the word chink, as it pertains to the Asian community.

Adversely, another definition of the word chink, is to fill narrow openings in, which I must say Jeremy Lin has shown to do well when driving the lane. Go figure!

Yup was gonna say the same thing. EndyDee should modify his handle just for the rest of us..