Whitlock Apologizes For Racial Tweet
(WSCR) Shortly after Jeremy Lin's 38-point performance Friday night against the Lakers, one columnist sent out a tweet poking fun at the Chinese-American ball player.
FOX Sports columnist Jason Whitlock tweeted, "Some lucky lady in NYC is going to feel a couple of inches of pain tonight."
After a storm of criticism, Whitlock released a statement apologizing for the tweet. Here's an excerpt:
I then gave in to another part of my personality — my immature, sophomoric, comedic nature. It's been with me since birth, a gift from my mother and honed as a child listening to my godmother's Richard Pryor albums. I still want to be a standup comedian.
The couple-inches-of-pain tweet overshadowed my sincere celebration of Lin's performance and the irony that the stereotype applies to pot-bellied, overweight male sports writers, too. As the Asian American Journalist Association pointed out, I debased a feel-good sports moment. For that, I'm truly sorry.
