Posted on 02/24/2012 10:33:55 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Given the media's "Linsanity" surrounding Jeremy Lin, perhaps this was inevitable.
Following (justified) outrage over several examples of racially-insensitive coverage of Lin--including a headline published by ESPN.com which resulted in the firing of one staffer and suspension of another--the Asian American Journalists Association has issued a set of guidelines for media outlets salivating over the NBA's Asian-American sensation.
"As NBA player Jeremy Lin's prowess on the court continues to attract international attention and grab headlines, AAJA would like to remind media outlets about relevance and context regarding coverage of race," the group wrote in an advisory. "In the past weeks, as more news outlets report on Lin, his game and his story, AAJA has noticed factual inaccuracies about Lin's background as well as an alarming number of references that rely on stereotypes about Asians or Asian Americans."
Among the "danger zones" identified by AAJA:
"CHINK": Pejorative; do not use in a context involving an Asian person on someone who is Asian American. Extreme care is needed if using the well-trod phrase "chink in the armor"; be mindful that the context does not involve Asia, Asians or Asian Americans.
And:
"ME LOVE YOU LIN TIME": Avoid. This is a lazy pun on the athlete's name and alludes to the broken English of a Hollywood caricature from the 1980s.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
And remember. He must remain in the staring line up because no substitutions are allowed.
once again, can’t tell if it’s The Onion or real
Some of this is the usual example of the Asian sensitivity squad trying to throw their weight around but I’d say a good deal is legit.
If I understand correctly it just happens to be black journos who kinda sorta happen to be tossing out the racial slurs.
Velly velly gud advize.
If the Bill of Rights specifically gave Americans unconditional freedom of Speech, "guidelines" by anyone under any circumstances is a waste of time.
Build the jails for violators first, then we can talk about cancelling any part of the BOR.
Oh, by the way, when the huge story broke about the huge terra cotta army found in China in the tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuangdi, I was surprised to see when examining the images of the warriors, that there were many potential chinks in the depicted armor.
The initial joke was that she thought she would write “I hate Ni**ers”, but that didn't sit well with her - so she decided to write “I LOVE Ni**ers”.
Too racy for TV, someone suggested she use “Ch*nk” instead, because that is SO MUCH BETTER?!?!?!
A guy from a ‘don't discriminate against Asians’ group got all up in arms about it. Because she joked about getting out of jury duty by writing “I LOVE Ch*nks”.
Set her straight. Now she doesn't love Ch*nks so much anymore! /s
;)
Freedom of speech includes the right for people to ask others to please be polite in their speech also.
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