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UNREAL: ESPN Pulls Asian-American Announcer From Virginia Football Game
Townhall.com ^ | August 22, 2017 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 08/23/2017 4:48:18 AM PDT by Kaslin

I waited to write about this story because at first it seemed too insane to be true, but alas, it's come to this. 

ESPN pulled Asian-American sports announcer Robert Lee from this weekend's University of Virginia vs. William & Mary football game because they were afraid he might offend people. Why? His name is too similar to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. For the record, Robert E. Lee is white and has been dead for over 100 years. 

Fox Sports radio host Clay Travis broke the story earlier tonight. From Outkick The Coverage

In a story that seems made for The Onion, but is actually true, according to multiple Outkick fans inside ESPN MSESPN decided to pull an Asian college football announcer named Robert Lee off the William and Mary at University of Virginia college football game because they were concerned that having an ASIAN FOOTBALL ANNOUNCER NAMED ROBERT LEE would be offensive to some viewers.

Did I mention that Robert Lee is Asian?

Is this even real life anymore? This might even be worse than MSESPN apologizing for the fantasy football slave draft a couple of weeks ago.

To avoid offending left wing idiots Robert Lee, the Asian college football announcer, not the Confederate General who died in 1870 and shares a name with him, was switched to the Youngstown State at Pittsburgh game and Dave Weekley will now call the William and Mary at University of Virginia game.

ESPN pulled Asian announcer Robert Lee off the UVa home opener to avoid offending viewers: https://t.co/2Oz22i4Vpx— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 22, 2017

ESPN confirmed the decision to Travis after he wrote about it. 

“We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name. In that moment it felt right to all parties. It’s a shame that this is even a topic of conversation and we regret that who calls play by play for a football game has become an issue," ESPN said. 

Travis also went on Fox News to explain further. 

ESPN pulls Asian-American announcer from Virginia football game because he has a Confederate general's name https://t.co/T5KI92NpQm pic.twitter.com/Zs2WtHg8us— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 23, 2017

The news has been confirmed by multiple outlets.

ESPN just emailed me the same statement Clay Travis got. pic.twitter.com/BE5YCKx3qs— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) August 23, 2017

So, here we are. 

It sure seems discriminatory, at a minimum, to reassign an Asian-American's job based on him having the same name as a dead white guy. But hey, if it kept a few people from getting triggered, who cares? 


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: antifa; asianamericans; confederate; espn; robertlee; searchworks; sports; uva
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To: Kaslin

That’s because he looks like a confederate general.

I’m not sure of his background, but iirc, Lee & Kim are the most common Korean surnames (last names in our culture, family name first in theirs, as in Kim Jong Un).


21 posted on 08/23/2017 5:48:05 AM PDT by xzins ( Support the Freepathon! Every donation is important.)
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To: Kaslin

The scale and scope of their lunacy is institutional.


22 posted on 08/23/2017 5:58:25 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Kaslin

Somewhere in the world there is a Black named Robert E. Lee. Will maniacal radical leftists start harassing him? will they call him a sellout? will they force him to change his name?

In this insane world, I actually believe that these words may be prophetic.


23 posted on 08/23/2017 6:08:53 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Consistently acting in a way that is in opposition to our human nature is INSANITY.)
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To: raccoonradio

hah... perfect

my guess is that ESPN does not even know who Robert Ley was.

stupid is as stupid does...


24 posted on 08/23/2017 6:11:00 AM PDT by QualityMan (The Adults are back in town)
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To: Kaslin

ESPN hates Asians!!!


25 posted on 08/23/2017 6:12:16 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: Kaslin

26 posted on 08/23/2017 6:17:21 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

LOL!


27 posted on 08/23/2017 6:19:33 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: maggief

Lol


28 posted on 08/23/2017 6:19:40 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Kaslin

ESPN IS RACIST AGAINST ASIANS!!!


29 posted on 08/23/2017 6:26:21 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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To: Kaslin

Why wasn’t AG Lynch not removed at the time for the similar reasons?


30 posted on 08/23/2017 6:33:34 AM PDT by grumpygresh (When will Soros be brought to justice? Crush the vermin, crush the Left.)
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To: Kaslin

Sounds like the Onion.


31 posted on 08/23/2017 6:33:40 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
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To: Kaslin

“UNREAL: ESPN Pulls Asian-American Announcer From Virginia Football Game”

I am heartsick I can not cancel ESPN on the electric television.

I did that last year.


32 posted on 08/23/2017 6:58:02 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: Kaslin
Everyone, CANCEL YOUR CABLE TELEVISION! Get your shows from Roku, off the network websites, or just use a good antenna and get the free stations and their sub channels. It is amazing what a good antenna can capture.

Do not subsidize this idiocy!!

33 posted on 08/23/2017 7:16:21 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Night Hides Not

“My solution? Mr. Lee should change his professional name to Sum Ting Wong”.

That’s a winner!


34 posted on 08/23/2017 7:23:20 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: raccoonradio

I remember that TV commercial!


35 posted on 08/23/2017 7:26:36 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: Night Hides Not

Or he could change the spelling of the KKK and rename himself Koo Klucks Clann.


36 posted on 08/23/2017 7:28:17 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: Kaslin

I think Jesse Jackson should no longer be allowed to speak in public. After all, he has the same last name as Stonewall Jackson.


37 posted on 08/23/2017 7:29:46 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: raccoonradio

That was such a great commercial! Those were the politically incorrect days when there wasn’t a racist under every bed and people could make up their own minds what they were offended by, and vote with their wallets. This is truly Alice in Wonderland caliber of political correctness.


38 posted on 08/23/2017 7:37:16 AM PDT by scottinoc
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To: Titus-Maximus

The Onion would be ridiculed for making up something like this.


39 posted on 08/23/2017 7:39:02 AM PDT by scottinoc
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To: Kaslin

Another beyond satire, beyond the onion moment, from the disgusting “everything is racism” left.


40 posted on 08/23/2017 8:03:14 AM PDT by Cubs Fan (Liberals are pulling jenga pieces out of western civilization, how long before it all falls?)
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