I'm not a basketball fan--at all. Until the 1980s, I did follow the Pistons. But I lost interest. I am aware of the Jeremy Lin phenomenon. By all accounts, he is excellent. And in a rarity for basketball, an Asian American of Taiwanese ancestry (leading to something of a feud between Taiwan and China to "claim" him, it seems). So he is blazing a trail, too.
Lin plays for the New York Knicks. But when I heard some sports guy mention he plays at "MSG," I nearly did a spit-take. Was this some type of ethnic insensitivity here?
Apparently not. I didn't realize that the Knicks' arena, Madison Square Garden, is often just called "MSG". Which has nothing to do with the food additive that is infamous in Chinese food.
I wish Lin well. But if Lin goes to another team, it will be easy to imagine a lot of sports page headlines.
About Me
- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
