In a YouTube video posted last week, a well-known Asian-American trainer posed this question to Jeremy Lin during a Q-and-A at a gathering of Asian-American men and women.
“Did you ever come across the stereotype Asian guys not being attractive, and if you have, how do you think we can break that in the American culture especially?”fitness activist Kevin Kreider asked.
Lin agreed with basic tenet of Kreider’s question, noting the bias he’s faced as an Asian-American male on the court and how that bias can even be seen in the Asian-American community.
Kreider believes that the media has portrayed Asian and Asian-American men and women differently, that while women have been the victim of “oversexualization,” men are portrayed as “not sexy, not good-looking.