Jeremy Lin has been in the spotlight for the past few weeks and his sensational rise makes the headlines. However just a month ago Linsanity was a desperate case. Lin was this bitter cocktail of bad luck, underestimation and probably stereotypes. Bingo! Sean Gregory, a journalist of Time, admitted it himself, a racial profiling, played its part to Lin’s underrecruitment. « My ethnicity did affect how coaches recruited me, if i were a different race, i would’ve been treated differently »...
>>>Jeremy Lin has been in the spotlight for the past few weeks and his sensational rise makes the headlines. However just a month ago Linsanity was a desperate case. Lin was this bitter cocktail of bad luck, underestimation and probably stereotypes. Bingo! Sean Gregory, a journalist of Time, admitted it himself, a racial profiling, played its part to Lin’s underrecruitment. « My ethnicity did affect how coaches recruited me, if i were a different race, i would’ve been treated differently » said Lin. We’re leaving in a society where communities blend and interact, but some people might pass judgments on others due to their origins, backgrounds and traditions. The next Whitney Houston could be in the mountain ridge of Machu Pichu, and no one will never hear about it. A talented Mozart might be wandering in the Project and never being noticed. This world has evolved but somehow stays the same. The Jeremy Lin phenomenon teaches us that before being a member of a group or a social class, we are individuals with our owns talents, ideals and intrinsic values. Indeed, roses aren’t only red and violets are not always blue. But sometimes we have to see it with our eyes wide opened to be aware of it.
