Vaughn Ridley via Getty Images In the revealing exchange with Alex Wong, the basketball player reflects on his relationship with his Chinese culture. Jeremy Lin has long been heralded as a pioneer for the Asian-American community. “I feel like as I’ve gotten older, I’ve begun to embrace more and more of this Asian-American side of me,” he said on the podcast. “I ran from it because that’s all anyone ever wanted to assign me to ― ‘oh my goodness you’re not just a basketball player, you’re an Asian basketball player.’ and that’s all anyone could ever talk about Asian, Asian, Asian. A few years back, he also opened up about the racism he encountered while a Harvard University basketball player.

Source: Huffington Post February 20, 2019 20:15 UTC