{"id":17787,"date":"2021-03-02T11:58:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T19:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=17787"},"modified":"2021-03-02T11:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T19:58:36","slug":"warriors-steve-kerr-lauds-jeremy-lin-for-post-on-racism-against-asian-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/03\/02\/warriors-steve-kerr-lauds-jeremy-lin-for-post-on-racism-against-asian-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors’ Steve Kerr lauds Jeremy Lin for post on racism against Asian Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jeremy Lin talks to fellow Santa Cruz Warriors guard Jordan Poole during a recent game at the G League bubble in Orlando.NBA Photos\/NBAE via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

February 27, 2021 (SFChronicle.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Connor Letourneau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr lauded Santa Cruz guard Jeremy Lin for his impassioned\u00a0Instagram post<\/a>\u00a0Thursday railing against the wave of anti-Asian American violence across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just saw the \u2026 post just now, really powerful,\u201d Kerr said before Friday night\u2019s game against the Hornets at Chase Center. \u201cI applaud Jeremy for his words and echo his sentiments regarding racism against the Asian American community. It\u2019s just so ridiculous. And obviously, spawned by many people \u2014 including our former president, as it relates to the coronavirus originating in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just shocking. I don\u2019t know, I just can\u2019t wrap my head around any of it. But I can\u2019t wrap my head around racism in general. I mean, we\u2019re all just flesh and blood. We\u2019re all just people. As (Spurs coach Gregg Popovich) once said to me, \u2018We\u2019re all accidents of birth.\u2019 We were born, we come out the way we are and we don\u2019t have a say in it. We do have a say in how we treat people, and it\u2019s just shocking to me that we can treat people so poorly based on the color of their skin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lin, who joined Santa Cruz \u2014 Golden State\u2019s G League affiliate \u2014 at the G League bubble near Orlando in hopes of resuscitating his NBA career<\/a>, took to social media in response to a recent surge in violence against Asian Americans. Attacks on elderly Asian Americans, recently seen in the Bay Area, are now happening in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomething is changing in this generation of Asian Americans,\u201d Lin wrote on Instagram. \u201cWe are tired of being told that we don\u2019t experience racism, we are tired of being told to keep our heads down and not make trouble. We are tired of Asian American kids growing up and being asked where they\u2019re REALLY from, of having our eyes mocked, of being objectified as exotic or being told we\u2019re inherently unattractive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are tired of the stereotypes in Hollywood affecting our psyche and limiting who we think we can be. We are tired of being invisible, of being mistaken for our colleague or told our struggles aren\u2019t as real. I want better for my elders who worked so hard and sacrificed so much to make a life for themselves here. I want better for my niece and nephew and future kids. I want better for the next generation of Asian American athletes than to have to work so hard to just be \u2018deceptively athletic.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing an Asian American doesn\u2019t mean we don\u2019t experience poverty and racism. Being a 9 year NBA veteran doesn\u2019t protect me from being called \u2018coronavirus\u2019 on the court. Being a man of faith doesn’t mean I don\u2019t fight for justice, for myself and for others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked whether he\u2019d support an investigation into Lin\u2019s allegation that he\u2019s been called \u201ccoronavirus\u201d during a game, Kerr said, \u201cOh yeah. For sure, for sure. \u2026 The reference was a little bit vague, so I think it\u2019d be good to know what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roughly an hour after Kerr\u2019s comment, the G League announced that it\u2019s opening an investigation into Lin\u2019s statement that he has been called \u201ccoronavirus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In five games with Santa Cruz at the G League bubble, Lin, 32, has averaged 19.6 points on 48.3% shooting (48.4% from 3-point range), 2.8 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.6 steals.More for you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connor Letourneau moved to the Golden State Warriors beat in September 2016 after a year covering Cal. Previously, he spent two years covering the Oregon State Beavers for The Oregonian. Letourneau is a University of Maryland alum who has interned for The Baltimore Sun and blogged for The New York Times. A Portland, Ore., native, he is interested in telling the stories that extend beyond the field or court.VIEW COMMENTSTop of the News<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 27, 2021 (SFChronicle.com) By Connor Letourneau Warriors head coach Steve Kerr lauded Santa Cruz guard Jeremy Lin for his impassioned\u00a0Instagram post\u00a0Thursday railing against the wave of anti-Asian American violence across the country. \u201cI just saw the \u2026 post just now, really powerful,\u201d Kerr said before Friday night\u2019s game against… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17788,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17787\/revisions\/17788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}