Jeremy Lin says he doesn’t ‘name or shame’ the person who called him ‘coronavirus’

A day after basketball officials opened an investigation into goalkeeper Jeremy Lin’s complaint that he was branded a ‘coronavirus’ on the court, Lin said he was not ‘naming or shaming’ the individual. .

“I know this will disappoint some of you, but I do not name or shame anyone,” he said. wrote on Twitter on Saturday.

“What’s the point in this situation for someone to be demolished?” It doesn’t make my community safer or solve any of our long-term racism issues, ”added Lin, who currently plays for the Santa Cruz Warriors in the NBA G League.

Lin revealed he was called ‘coronavirus’ in a Facebook post Thursday as he complained about increased attacks on the Asian-American community following former President Donald Trump China’s scapegoat for COVID-19. Trump has repeatedly used the racist term “Kung Flu” to refer to the pandemic.

Last year, Lin criticized Trump’s “anti-Chinese message” for reinforcing “more hatred towards Asians.”

The basketball player highlighted the coronavirus mockery on Thursday as he discussed his own experiences of discrimination. He said that while struggling with discrimination playing at Harvard University, assistant coach Kenny Blakeney “spoke to me” by sharing his own experiences as a black man.

A better strategy than what he called “denouncing or shaming” racists is “to listen to the voices that teach us to be anti-racist towards ALL people,” Lin wrote in his tweet. “Listen to other people’s stories, broaden your perspective. I think this generation may be different. But we will need empathy and solidarity to get us there.

Lin did not provide any details of the “coronavirus” insult in his Facebook post; only that it had happened “on the ground”. He played in the Orlando, Florida bubble for his team.

The Stop Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Hate Reporting Center documented more than 2,800 incidents of hate in the United States from March 19 to December 31, 2020.