Jeremy Lin and the limitations of the 'hard-working Asian American' narrative:
Even Kobe Bryant had this to say after losing to Lin: “It’s a testament to perseverance and hard work, and I think a good example for kids everywhere.”
Bio: Edmund Lee's writing has appeared in The New York Times, the Daily News, New York, The Village Voice, Women's Wear Daily, Portfolio, Advertising Age and Bloomberg News, where he is currently a reporter. Twitter: @edmundlee.
Two years ago, one of my wife’s friends, an ardent basketball fan, was bending my ear about a kid with a frighteningly familiar face and a talent for playing. The kid was, he said, very close to being drafted into the N.B.A. More
Posted on February 13th, 2012 11:55pm
On a cool, stubbornly sunny evening in April 2007 I was standing outside the Loews Theater on 34th Street, a dark suit and a Liberty tie sewn tightly around me, my wife Elizabeth, dressed more confidently in a jewel-toned column. The movie actor John Cho of Harold and Kumar fame and more recently of the revised Star Trek franchise stood next to me, along with an equally beautifully made-up gaggle surrounding us. More
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