Jeremie Lin, is a Taiwanese American college senior who plays basketball for Harvard University. He was born in California to immigrants from Taiwan with ancestry. When he was in high school, he become a champion for basketball, however he did not get the offer of scholarship by anywhere. Jeremy won a state championship as a senior in high school, but he received no Division 1 scholarship offers. He was scrawny, but don’t doubt that a little racial profiling, intentional or otherwise, contributed to his underrecruitment.
Some people still can’t look past his ethnicity. Everywhere he plays, Lin is the target of cruel taunts. “It’s everything you can imagine,” he says. “Racial slurs, racial jokes, all having to do with being Asian.” Even at the Ivy League gyms? “I’ve heard it at most of the Ivies if not all of them,” he says. Lin is reluctant to mention the specific nature of such insults, but according to Harvard teammate Oliver McNally, another Ivy League player called him a C word that rhymes with ink during a game last season. On Dec. 23, during Harvard’s 86-70 loss to Georgetown in Washington, McNally says, one spectator yelled “Sweet-and-sour pork!” from the stands. In the face of such foolishness, Lin doesn’t seem to lose it on the court. “Honestly, now, I don’t react to it,” he says. “I expect it, I’m used to it, it is what it is.” Postgame, Lin will release some frustration. “He gets pissed about it afterwards,” says McNally. “I have to tip my hat to him. I don’t know how I’d react. The type of dude I am, I might not be as mature as Jeremy.”
Lin’s maturity could lead him to the ministry. A devout Christian, Lin, who is an economics major, is considering becoming a pastor in a church near his Palo Alto home. “I’ve never really preached before,” Lin says. “But I’m really passionate about Christianity and helping others. There’s a beauty in seeing people change their lifestyles for the better.” He was a superior student so he got in Harvard University by himself, and he has continued basketball. He leads to the small and weak team, and he is in the spotlight by media due to his exploit.
Ironically, more and more he flourish, he become to got slander of racial discrimination by competitor or audience because he is Asian American.He says that he is used to be casted aspersion on his race and he feel it is not unusual. He is excellent student and also is excellent basketball player. In America, brilliant people such as Lin, they still get slander about their race and lose some opportunities.
