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How Will Perceptions of Asians be Affected by LIN-SANITY!!! [Reader Forum]
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A note at the top: there's a lot of excellent Colorlines.com community conversation happening around Tavis Smiley's interview of Viola Davis, and the choices that black working artists have to make in Hollywood. Dig in, on the site and on Facebook, and don't miss the Reader Forum about The Help from two weeks ago.
Our topic this week, Jeremy Lin, faces some similar issues; racism both overt and subtle has limited his career and his opportunities. As Jamilah King wrote on Wednesday,
Lin is only one of a handful of Asian-American players in the NBA's history, and the first in over a decade. Although 1950 is usually seen as the year when two black basketball players broke the...
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