re: Mayweather weighs in on Jeremy Lin

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"Jeremy Lin is a good player," Mayweather tweeted Monday, "but all the hype is because he's Asian.

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Sounds strangely similar to a 25 year old quote from Rodman/Thomas on Larry Bird (people think Larry Bird is great because he is white). I'm not comparing Lin to Bird btw - just the reaction from black athletes annoyed by a pale player getting high praise

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Black players do what he does every night and don't get the same praise."

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He's in New York and no one on the team could do close to what he has done over the last week... D'antoni gave everyone else a shot first

There is an issue with black athletes being strangely insecure about non-blacks getting praise in sports. Which probably relates to them putting too much of their own ego into sports achievements instead of other things in life