Reply With QuoteDude, what does mine say?Originally Posted by California Joe
No one splits a hyphenated name. Obviously done on purpose so people would say "that's his name isn't it?"
Dude, what does mine say?
Anything to keep it short. It's a headline.
What is easier to read and say. Dong-Gook or Gook.
I guess the only way to find out if they(he/she) had racist thoughts in their own head or not is to take them to court. Because this is very important and I would like to waste everyone's f*cking time with it.
And by they, it's not ESPN. It's some singular person in front of a bunch of computers.
Fixed it for you.
Pardon me, are we identical twins? If it's not important to you, it's not suppose to be for me either?
Who exactly forced you to read this thread and waste your time?
And no ****, it's a headline. I write them all the time. We have less than 50 characters to work with and so far, we've managed to do it without pulling crap like this.
If a person in the employ of ESPN sends out a story on their website, it's suppose to vetted and edited because in the end, it is about ESPN.
It's his name. Author did not used it properly, but it's his fvcking name. Why would he have racist name if he didn't like it? It's just his name for Christ's sake
Seriously, I have a very thick skin and this shyt or the Lin thing doesn't bother me. I came to America in 82 and grew uo in Texas. I know racism and have been called gook, chink, slant. You name the Asian derogatory term i been call that. Peopleare going to be people. I also been called worse by my fellow Asians mainly Koreab and Chinese since i have dark skin.
I think generally a headline would use a player's last name, and even if the writer of the piece didn't realise "Lee" was a surname then maybe an editor should have said "hmmm....let's go with something else". It may not have been wilfully racist, but it's pretty stupid.
Don't really care one way or the other but.....there are still countries around the world where you want to be very careful of how an otherwise innocent looking broadcast is done, comes across or uses certain phrases, or who it's actually announced by....Thailand comes to mind.
Zipperhead? Eggroll?
Sorry, got carried away with Gran Torino flashbacks
Isnt it a good thing that the author didnt recognize that as a racial slur?
Means he didnt think in racial terms in the first place. And thats the way it should be.
Isn't the surname Lee?
I worked with a bloke who's last name was "Ng" - we called him "Gook" for short. Was he offended.... never asked.
I was referring more to the case in England about the soccer/football player having some trial for using a slur in a game (And then maybe 5 or 10% about the fact this stuff makes news because of the vast array of people's sensibilities). Sorry to be cryptic/vague. I didn't connect my thoughts in my post.
But I think it was an error, only because it would inevitably be construed the way it is.
I'm pretty sure I've seen names shortened before in headlines. Only difference is the surname wasn't inconveniently a slur.
people's focus on these superficial racism ("chink in the armor", fortune cookies in the ice cream, etc...) are undermining the fight against true racism.
btw, found this on youtube:
We had a Vietnamese troop leader back when I wore green for a living who's last name was Nguyen... nickname was Gook Nukem. He loved it.
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