Of the Big Four sports leagues, the NBA has been the most progressive on social issues. Last year, the league openly embraced movements to end racial injustice, and “Black Lives Matter” was on the court during the Orlando bubble in the summer of 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic.
Now, the NBA family has a racist incident to handle. thought it’s unclear exactly when this happened.
Last Thursday, long-time NBA veteran Jeremy Lin, who’s currently on the Santa Cruz Warriors, the Golden State Warriors’ affiliate, wrote a lengthy Instagram post drawing attention to racism Asian Americans experience. Since he is Taiwanese American, he is drawing from experience that many East Asian groups, like mainland Chinese, Japanese and Korean Americans face.