... gathering evidence his whole life: on the kids who invariably demanded to guard "the Asian" on the playground; on the fans who yelled "sweet and sour pork" and "wonton soup" at Georgetown and UConn; on the Ivy League opponent who called him "Chink" on the court; on the basketball observers who argued that Golden State only wanted him as marketing stunt; on the racist comments at the bottom of any video or article about him. Lin doesn't hear everything. But h...
Inside Jeremy Lin's life after Linsanity and the New York Knicks
This was during his sophomore season (2008), according to his Harvard teammate Oliver McNally.
Or take the other viral Lakers Vine this season, from a game against the Grizzlies, down one with 24 seconds left. A clapping Bryant, standing near his man on the baseline, screams at Lin, who's guarding a dribbling Conley at the top of the arc, to intentionally foul. When Lin doesn't do it, Bryant sprints across the court, fouls Conley himself and throws a left hook into the emasculated air, basketball's Last Alpha Male flushing Charmin down the drain.
Inside Jeremy Lin's life after Linsanity and the New York Knicks
After I consult some of Lin's old friends and coaches, in fact, a consensus emerges. Yes, they all worry about Jeremy. How could they not? They all saw that video wherein Bryant, having spent one practice daring Lin to shoot, declares, "You motherfuckers are soft like Charmin in this motherfucker!" And no, they don't quite know what the hell is happening to Jeremy Lin either.
Inside Jeremy Lin's life after Linsanity and the New York Knicks
There were actually two videos uploaded by Arash Markazi that contained quotes from Kobe during that scrimmage; unfortunately, neither of them contained the Charmin quote, which was:
You motherfuckers are soft like Charmin in this motherfucker. God damn, is this the type of shit that’s going on in this place? Now I see why we’ve lost 20 fucking games. We’re soft like Charmin. We’re soft like shit.
(You can refer to the Vine videos here and here.)
That said, according to Arash Markazi, the full documented quote specifically towards Lin was:
This motherfucker don’t got shit. He ain’t got shit right now. Shoot! Shoot! I talked his ass right into that bullshit. I talked his ass right into that bullshit.
...dison Square Garden -- nobody knew where the most cinematic sports story in memory was going next week, let alone next fall. So when the first American-born NBA player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent dropped 38 to defeat Kobe Bryant at a volcanic Garden, I mapped out the vantage points of his shocked parents and friends in the crowd. When rappers Rick Ross and Stalley Instagrammed Lin Sanity OG, a strain of weed they'd purchased, I sought out a revie...
Inside Jeremy Lin's life after Linsanity and the New York Knicks
...s and in his music videos, and got sued by the families of murdered police officers. His songs caused parental uproar after parental uproar. But he didn't care. All the hatred only made him stronger. As he said at the end of the original "Holla If Ya Hear Me" video, before it was censored, "Revolution is the only way."
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The whole album is framed as a poem to his hero. Its last five minutes are Kendrick "interviewing" Pac, using clips of an interview from 1994 as responses. It's an ingenious, eerie experience that makes Pac feel very alive, an audio version of the hologram from Coachella.
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...ess, and a very loud one at that. It's obsessed with racist imagery like "monkeys," "mammies" and "master's chains." "I need forty acres and a mule," Kendrick raps, "not forty ounces and a pit bull." He describes the etymology of the word “Negus,” which is a word for “African king.” Pharrell called the album “unapologetically black and amazing.” It's a political statement, or an attempt at one, and we should listen to it and judge it as such.
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...o To Pimp a Butterfly, you might think otherwise. The album is a treatise on blackness, and a very loud one at that. It's obsessed with racist imagery like "monkeys," "mammies" and "master's chains." "I need forty acres and a mule," Kendrick raps, "not forty ounces and a pit bull." He describes the etymology of the word “Negus,” which is a word for “African king.” Pharrell called the album “unapologetically black and amazing.” It's a political statement, or an attempt at one, a...
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