Jeremy Lin is someone to be respected. He’s a Taiwanese American kid who recently graduated from Harvard and is now playing in the NBA for the Golden State Warriors! What an overachiever! Despite all is accomplishments, there’s one thing about Jeremy that is to be respected more than anything else: dealing with racism while trying to focus on playing basketball. Apparently, Jeremy is Too Asian for some people to handle.

Here’s an excerpt from Time magazine:

Some people still can’t look past his ethnicity. Everywhere he plays, Lin is the target of cruel taunts. “It’s everything you can imagine,” he says. “Racial slurs, racial jokes, all having to do with being Asian.” Even at the Ivy League gyms? “I’ve heard it at most of the Ivies if not all of them,” he says. Lin is reluctant to mention the specific nature of such insults, but according to Harvard teammate Oliver McNally, another Ivy League player called him a C word that rhymes with ink during a game last season. On Dec. 23, during Harvard’s 86-70 loss to Georgetown in Washington, McNally says, one spectator yelled “Sweet-and-sour pork!” from the stands.
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In the face of such foolishness, Lin doesn’t seem to lose it on the court. “Honestly, now, I don’t react to it,” he says. “I expect it, I’m used to it, it is what it is.” Postgame, Lin will release some frustration. “He gets pissed about it afterwards,” says McNally. “I have to tip my hat to him. I don’t know how I’d react. The type of dude I am, I might not be as mature as Jeremy.”

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Other insults included “Wonton soup”, “Sweet and sour pork”, “Open your eyes!”, “Go back to China” or Chinese gibberish. The heckling came mostly from fans and not as much from players. Fuck those damn racist haters Jeremy. We respect your hustle and you’re an inspiration to all of us!