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http://newyork.sbnation.com/new-york-knicks/2012/2/24/2818865/the-new-york-week-that-was-the-jeremy-lin-dwight-howard-johan-santana-mariano-rivera-rick-nash


Jeff Freier, New York SB Nation.


Jeremy Lin has lost a couple games against the New Jersey Nets, and most recently the Miami Heat. The backlash of his rising fame has struck, which brings debate of his overall skills. Before the hype even began, there have been remarks of Lin not playing because he's Asian, and doesn't fit a coach's view as a strong player. Yet, after the hype went into full swing, the phrase now goes as "Jeremy Lin is good, because he's Asian." Racial remarks, intentional or accidental have now surfaced, since Lin has gotten the opportunity to take ball in hand, twenty plus shots, and be a rising star.

http://www.2facts.com/icof_story.aspx?PIN=i0900270&term=sports+race


Race In Sports - Issues and Controversies Database.


Race is referred to as a secondary factor in athleticism, bringing up the topic of affirmative action deciding everything. However, race has revealed achievements in Amerca's melting pot culture, especially sports. America's "Big Three" sports: Baseball, Football, Basketball, have become distinguished in diversity. Still, that doesn't stop racial barriers from appearing, especially where "submerged racism" exists, creating bias in the outlook of sports administrations, whether there are various minorities in the NBA, or too little Blacks in a coaching position

http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2008101700&type=hitlist&num=3#Update

"Affirmative Action" by Peter Katel

Obama has been faced with the debate over affirmative action, with his daughters involved in the topic. For example, those being accepted to school, who ""overcame big odds to pursue education, should have those circumstances taken in account." Meaning, merits over immediate acceptance based on race should be taken account. However, affirmative action has at least allowed minorities to get ahead, but it created unfairness in balance.

Contemporary Issue #3 (Broader issues of sports and Linsanity)

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/12/2637146/rise-of-new-york-knicks-jeremy.html

DAN LE BATARD of the Miami herald talks about the rising reputation of Jeremy lin, whose background is puzzling  on how he became a rising star.

When looking at Jeremy Lin, the rising point guard of the Knicks, we see potential. Batard, however, focuses attention on where he comes from, and why is it that we see his prowess now? Batard states that basketball "scours the earth for granules of talent and doesn't often get fooled by packaging." Yet, why did it take so long for Lin to be noticed? No athletic scholarships, bounced around in the D-League, and spent mediocre time with the Warriors and Rockets, Batard says it's puzzling. It brings up topics of miracles, or profiling. With no one else scoring more in his first four starts than Lin, Batard focuses on the question on why did the Knicks coach, an "expert in point guards" and watched him everyday in practice, and put him when Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony were out. Perhaps the NBA isn't capable of perusing the true talented individuals. Batard states "the experts doing the mining in sports are humans just as capable of bias and subconcious stereotyping." The so-called officials aren't so good at finding the talented then. The idea of underestimation rises.

Though this story revolves around sports, it contains good details of controversy, such as racial profiling, bias and underestimation of individuals. When we see an individual, ignored and counted out, succeeding, they soar above prejudice. It'd be fruitful to inform the public of successful underdogs and how the controversy of bias and prejudice is evident, but it's good to see people free from that bias