The White Jeremy Lin
22nd July 2012
Steve Sailer ponders leftist doublethink about racism.
But what strikes me as more interesting is that nobody in the press seems to think that there is anything objectionable about Chinese racial bias in favor of Lin.
Keep in mind that this isn’t Chinese nationalism at work. Lin was born in America and his parent are from Taiwan. This is Chinese racialism. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!
Gee. Imagine that.
I think a couple of things are going on. While nobody has a problem with Chinese rooting for an American-born Taiwanese out of sheer racialism, practically zero American whites will admit even to themselves that they would find it cool to see a foreign white do well in the NBA just because they are white.
On the other hand, white Americans in the Obama Age are slowly, quietly getting a little tired of blacks. So, a Chinese-American “victim of stereotypes” makes an ideal proxy for white fans who are horrified by the thought of themselves being even a little bit racialist (but who, deep down, are). The only thing that could have made Lin more perfect for them is if he were also gay.
And there you have it. Asians are honorary SWPL white people. Just in case you were wondering.