Jeremy Lin was targeted multiple times with racist slurs, believes Covid-19 has simply exposed an underlying problem.
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Former NBA star Jeremy Lin says he’s seen a rise in racism across the US since the coronavirus pandemic started and says the country must address the issue of anti-Asian violence.
“This has been something that’s really blowing up or boiling up for a little bit for me,” Lin told CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday.
“I’ve seen since last year, around January when everything started to happen, I’ve just seen the rise in a lot of these attacks and hate crimes.”
He says he was targeted multiple times with racist slurs during his college basketball career but never revealed who those players were. And he believes Covid-19 has simply exposed an underlying problem.
From March to the end of 2020, the Stop AAPI Hate website received more than 2,800 first-hand reports of anti-Asian hate across 47 states and Washington, DC, according to data released earlier this year.
Former President Donald Trump received criticism for referring to the coronavirus as the “Chinese virus” during his presidency and Lin said such discourse hasn’t helped the bigotry against Asian Americans.
“I would love to see cross-cultural solidarity. I would love to see people supporting anti-racism, not just in one people group, but across the board.”
Lin has received support from Golden State Warriors’ head coach Steve Kerr who said the NBA veteran’s testament was “really powerful.”
据香港《南华早报》网站报道，在美国职业篮球联赛（NBA）发展联盟开始就NBA老球员林书豪称有球员在球场上叫他“冠状病毒”一事展开调查之际，林书豪回应说，他不会“点名或羞辱”那名球员。
林书豪2月27日在推特网站和Instagram上写道：“我知道这会让你们中的一些人感到失望，但我不会点名或羞辱任何人。”
他说：“在这种情况下揭批某人有什么好处？这不会让我的社区变得更加安全，也不会解决我们与种族主义有关的任何长期问题。”
林书豪2月25日在社交媒体上发文说：“身为9年NBA老球员也无法防止有人在球场上叫我‘冠状病毒’。”
NBA记者沙姆斯·查拉尼亚透露，NBA发展联盟已经开始就此事展开调查，这项调查得到了金州勇士队主教练史蒂夫·科尔的支持。
科尔26日晚表示，他钦佩林书豪能站出来反对美国日益加剧的针对亚裔美国人的种族歧视和暴力。他说：“用无知与无知作斗争毫无益处。带着刻板印象描绘另一群人，以此来分享我们自己的痛苦，这不是办法。”
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