It certainly seems like ESPN is leaning toward discipline, possibly with people being fired, which is the right response. Which makes it even more puzzling that Whitlock got away with just an apology.
Maybe I'm out of line on this, but isn't what Whitlock tweeted far more offensive than this headline? The headline contains an offensive racial slur, but makes no statement about asians except for the slur itself. The Whitlock tweet, on the other hand, perpetuates a negative stereotype about asians, which seems far more harmful. Either way, Lin is exposing an ugly face of sports media in the US.
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