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Asian NBA Star Accused of Cultural Appropriation Over Dreadlocks Responds With Glorious Quip

Jeremy Lin, an Asian NBA player for the Brooklyn Nets, is being accused of cultural appropriation by former Nets forward Kenyon Martin for sporting dreadlocks.

In an Instagram video, Martin called out Lin for his hair-do saying:

“Do I need to remind this damn boy that his last name Lin?” Martin said. “Like, come on, man. Let’s stop with these people. There is no way possible he would’ve made it on one of our teams with that bulls**t on his head.
“Come on man, somebody need to tell him, like, ‘alright bro, we get it. You wanna be black.’ Like, we get it. But your last name is Lin,” Martin continued.

Lin’s response?

“Hey man. Its all good you don’t have to like my hair and definitely entitled to your opinion. Actually i legit grateful you sharin it tbh. At the end of the day i appreciate that i have dreads and you have Chinese tattoos bc i think its a sign of respect. And i think as minorities, the more we appreciate each others cultures, the more we influence mainstream society. Thanks for everything you did for the nets and hoops…had your poster on my wall growin up.”

Chinese. Tattoos.

What a classy guy. Lin is a Harvard graduate and has faced adversity in the NBA for being Asian.

Read the full story here.

This article provided courtesy of TheBlaze.

PAT: It's Pat. Pat Gray. Jeffy for Glenn on the Glenn Beck Program. He's back on Monday. 888-727-BECK.

You know, in addition to the political correct speech that we are now bound to and is so evident in that Cam Netwon -- again, I'm not a big Cam Netwon defender, normally. I'm not a big fan of his. But, you know, his flippant comment to the female reporter, just not that big a deal.

JEFFY: When is it a big deal, Pat, when someone puts you down in front of other people?

PAT: Well, when it's really insulting. And that was not -- it's about football. Who cares? Who cares?

Whether women love football or don't love football, who cares? It's about football. Right?

JEFFY: Right.

PAT: You know, had he said something disparaging about her appearance or they shouldn't make the same money as the male reporters around her, okay. You could understand that. That's offensive.

JEFFY: Normally, women are pretty stupid. But you're not.

PAT: Yeah. But it's about football. Relax. But not only are we dealing with all of that right now, but we got this cultural appropriation thing, which is completely out of control as well.

Jeremy Lin, who is Asian-American. He's been in the news before, because the ESPN reporter a few years ago, you might remember, said the chink in his armor of the game was -- and then went on to describe whatever the problem was with his game. Well, he was talking about the chink in the armor, as the expression that there's something wrong with your armor. There's something wrong with your skill set. Not that he was being called a disparaging name for Asian people.

The guy got fired. So that same Jeremy Lin now is being accused by former NBA forward -- who also played for the New Jersey Nets. But they're the Brooklyn Nets now. Kenyan Martin tore into him in an Instagram video because Lin has decided to wear dreadlocks. And that's apparently verboten. I guess only black people can have dreadlocks.

He said -- here's what he said in his Instagram video. Do I need to remind this damn boy that his last name is Lin? Like, come on, man. Let's stop with these people. There's no possible way he would have made it on one of our teams with that BS on his head. Come on, man. Somebody need to tell him like, all right, bro. We get it. You want to be black. Like, we get it. But your last name is Lin.

Wow. So you can't have a certain hairstyle if it resembles a race that normally -- I mean, isn't that also stereotyping? Isn't that kind of racist to say that only blacks can have dreadlocks?

JEFFY: Yes. I mean -- and that's a lot worse than the Cam Netwon. I'll tell you that.

PAT: A lot worse. A lot worse.

JEFFY: I wonder if the yogurt company cancelled his deal.

PAT: Check this out. The response from Jeremy Lin. Just so classy. Keep in mind, the guy went to Harvard. He's pretty smart. He knows how to defend himself. He said, hey, man. It's all good. You don't have to like my hair. And definitely entitled to your own opinion.

Actually, I'm legit grateful for you sharing it. At the end of the day, I appreciate that I have dreads and you have Chinese tattoos.

(laughter)

So this cultural appropriation nonsense --

JEFFY: Thank you.

PAT: -- is coming from a black man with Chinese tattoos up and down his arms.

JEFFY: Thank you.

PAT: He said, but I appreciate the fact that you have Chinese tattoos because I think it's a sign of respect. And I think as minorities, the more we appreciate each other's cultures, the more we influence mainstream society. Thanks for everything you did for the Nets and for hoops. Had your poster on my wall growing up.

Is that a classy, smart, biting response all at the same time?

JEFFY: Wow. Yes, it is. Tremendous.

PAT: Great. I knew I liked Jeremy Lin. Just a classy response.

JEFFY: Although, I will say, that's why I stopped wearing my hair in dreads a few years ago. Because, you know, I'm not big on the dreads.

PAT: So you would have them now?

JEFFY: Yeah, I'm not big on the dreads.

WARNING: Is Europe close to being CONQUERED?

Hopefully, Donald Trump will fix our immigration crisis. Because if he doesn't, we have a good idea of what it could turn into. Glenn takes a look at Europe, which is a few years ahead of us. After years of opening their borders to migrants, especially from the Middle East, European countries are now at risk of eventually becoming Islamic strongholds. But it's the Islamists who are the most concerning. Glenn reviews how terrorist attacks and anti-Christian/anti-Jewish hate crimes are on the rise across Europe.

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“Miracles CAN happen”: Glenn’s Thanksgiving message after the 2024 election

The events of the 2024 election have given Glenn a new outlook on Thanksgiving this year. For years, he has been begging freedom-loving Americans to stand up for what’s right and return to God. And this year, you did! You gave Donald Trump a strong mandate to gut the Deep State and fix our broken nation. And then, there were the “miracles” of Trump surviving multiple assassination attempts and an endless bombardment from the media and our justice system. This Thanksgiving, there’s a lot for us to be thankful for!

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GLENN: So, Stu, how old were you in 1985.

STU: I was nine.

GLENN: You were nine. So you were probably just -- you remember Reagan, clearly.

STU: Yeah. I mean, back to the future, one of my all-time favorite movies.

1955.

'85. That was the year it took place. I remember that distinctly.

GLENN: And you have real memories of the Cold War.

STU: Yeah. For sure.

Of course, Rocky IV, the movie that ended the Cold War. You can accept the time line in your life.

GLENN: Right. So there was a guy that I don't know if you would have remembered.

He was a comedian and he came from around the Iron Curtain, and he and his family got out of the former Soviet Union.

He became a huge hit at the time, because we really didn't see former Soviet citizens.

And especially ones that could tell jokes. And his name was Yakov Smirnoff. Do you remember him?

STU: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

GLENN: Do you remember him? I just saw something from him, the other day, about Thanksgiving. And I haven't seen this. I don't know if I even say it in 1985, but it's worth listening to.

Here he is. Yakov Smirnoff, just fresh from the Soviet Union, talking about Thanksgiving. Listen to this.

VOICE: It's Thanksgiving. And I will tell you, it's my favorite holiday. I like parades without missiles.

When I first was explained about Thanksgiving in America. I said, wait a minute. It doesn't make sense.

I mean, for every freedom. And all the opportunities you've got here. The only thing you have to say is thanks?

It just didn't seem like it was enough.

My parents and I had our first Thanksgiving dinner. In the little apartment in New York.

And we joined hands. And my father said a prayer to good food and our health.

And then something happened.

Instead of releasing our hands. We couldn't let go.

We kept holding on to each other, tighter and tighter. As we realized, we were together. And we were free.

Really free.

And here we were, three who don't even people, looking for a way, we could possibly show our appreciation.

And we couldn't.

Now, I know what it is.

It's thanks.

Good night.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: If you're watching it, you can see that he tears up at the end. There's no words to express thanks. And we have lost -- we have lost that.

The deep, deep gratitude for our lives. I have felt it overt last year. Unlike I've ever felt gratitude for my freedom. My safety. My family's safety.

Being born here. And now, especially after the election, you know, God -- miracles can happen in your life all the time. Just quote, chance encounters. Is it a chance encounter?

Or is that an answer to a prayer? Is that Divine Providence?

Miracles come, when there's really no other explanation. When something that just, you all have agreed that just can't happen. Happens.

Donald Trump, getting shot at. So close, that the camera picks the bullet up.

Speeding toward his head. And just before it goes into his head. He moves his head, in a way he never is it before.

And it clips his ear. Instead of going right into the temple.

That doesn't happen. That doesn't happen. To have a politician, or a guy, who is constantly beat on. Constantly smeared.

Had more investigations done on him, than I -- and I believe this to be true. I would love to see an actual study on this.

Somebody who had more investigations, more spies on him.

More -- you know, going through the trash and everything else.

More than anyone else in human history, by far! Because every spy agency, in the world, did that!

And then they went back and said, there's got to be something else!

For him to just continue to stand, and then when somebody tries to kill him, his first response is, stand up!

And then, for him not to be angry, but instead, to be humbled.

What are the odds there? For him to continue to go on, and, in fact, continue to stand.

Do you know -- his plane was targeted.

His plane was targeted.

We know that there are surface to air missiles. We know that he was going to be targeted by foreign entities, that are here.

For him to just get on his plane every time, the man knew he was risking his life.

For him to run the campaign, that he ran, in the last he eight months. You remember what it was like?

It was all, you know, they're after me.

And all of this stuff. Because they were after him. But did you notice, after the assassination attempt, when he could have said, instead, he had a much more uniting message.

And a happier message.

And a positive message.

And then for all of these people to building out of the woodwork. And start to say. You know what, this is evil.

I heard more talk from people who are not Christians!

More talk from people going, there is something seriously wrong.

And I think it's evil, what's going on.

America woke up. I've been doing this for 50 years. On the radio. Almost 50 years.

I've been -- I've been doing this, warning people for 24 years.

I didn't think you would wake up. Stu brought it up, you know, our theme is, you know, stand up.

We wrote that theme four years ago, because if you don't stand up, we're done.

And we put that on, and I tried to make that an encouraging thing to convince people, you've got to stand up right now. We're going to lose everything.

It's okay to stand up.

It's the only way. You stood up!

After 24 years of the same message, coming from me, in different ways! Where I had lost hope.

I mean, I said to you, all last year, we've got to find God!

We've got to -- we've got to be people, where God thinks, you know what, they're worth saving.

I said to you over and over again. I can come up with a million ways, this is going to go wrong. But there's on me one path for it to succeed.

And that is God.

And he showed up!

He showed up! He's not done with us.

He should be. Honestly, he should be. With everything that we do, for as -- for as big of a miracle as that is. I think a lot of people.

I mean, I heard it right after the election. Wow!

That was a miracle. And people meant it as a literal miracle.

That was a miracle. Yeah! It was.

Next week, will we even remember it, by next Thursday?

Or will we make the holiday that was built to humble ourselves and to thank God for our blessings.

Will we even remember the massive miracle?

Stu, would you agree, one of the miracles you've seen in your life for America.

I mean, that was a miracle. That that happened.

In the way that it did. All of a sudden, the messaging was right. All of the right things fell into place.

You know, for the first time ever, the G.O.P. was serious on their ground game.

I mean, all of these things that happened.

STU: I thought you were just referring to him turning his head.

GLENN: Yeah. And that. All of that.

From that moment on, all of that was a miracle.

Let's not forget that next week. He's not -- he's not done with us.

You know, I heard somebody say to me, on Election Day, I feel really good. I feel really good.

I'm cautious, but I feel really good. And here's why: Why would he recognizing the miracle of the assassination attempt. Why would he save Donald Trump, only to not save it now?

I couldn't think of a reason.

Other than, I don't understand the mind of God.

Think of this miracle.

If Donald Trump would have won in 2020. It would have been more of the first term.

We wouldn't get what we're about to get now.

We wouldn't get the reduction of the government. We wouldn't get possibly the closing down of some agencies, of cutting these agencies in half. We wouldn't have gotten those things.

We wouldn't have Elon Musk. We wouldn't have Vivek Ramaswamy.

We wouldn't have known. Remember, they didn't start cutting our children, until the Biden administration.

None of us had any idea about all this transgender stuff, because that and DEI, if you brought it up, it wasn't being done at least as openly.

But it was all set to go.

It wasn't being done, until Biden got in.

And then when we said, what the hell is all this?

They said, it was a conspiracy theory. And it took us three years, to go, no, it's not.

It's not a conspiracy theory, and it's deadly. It took us three years, before the doctors even started to turn.

It took COVID to wake people up. There is no bad!

There really -- my father used to say this to me. Glenn, there is no bad.

It's what do you do with the bad things that happen to you.

You can either wallow in. And say, oh, that was bad.

Or you can recognize, that sucked!

But what did I learn from it? What did I take?

How can I take that and turn that into a blessing?

COVID was a blessing in the end. Because it woke people up!

Tomorrow, I have some surgery, then I go on vacation.

It's not a big surgery. It's just, I have facial surgery, again.

Because I guess I'm out of room on my face, for more cancer. So they have to take some cancer off my face. So I can grow new cancer.

I don't know what -- this never ends.

But this is my last chance to talk to you before Thanksgiving.

And this is my last chance before Thanksgiving to sincerely thank the Lord for showing up, for sincerely blessing our country.

For showing me a miracle. Two. One that I saw in North Carolina where people were standing because God told them, come from across the country.

I know you don't know anybody.

I know you don't think you're going to be able to make a difference.

But just go.

And they got in their cars. And they drove across the country. And those people were put to work in ways, that I couldn't have served!

Maybe you couldn't have served. But they actually did it! And God worked a miracle. And then he worked this.

Please, even if it is just holding the hands around the table. Just for an extra minute, there is nothing that we can say to him.

More meaningful than just thank you.

Thank you, Lord, for an incredible experience.

Thank you for letting us live at this time, to be in your service. Thank you for waking us up.

Thank you for giving us the reason to stand. Happy Thanksgiving.

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How to interact with TRUMP-HATING family members this Thanksgiving

Sunny Hostin of “The View” recently argued that people may be justified in refusing to see their Trump-supporting relatives this Thanksgiving because he’s just that bad. But that’s a terrible message, Glenn says. Politics should NEVER come before family. Glenn responds to a post from BlazeTV and “Fearless with Jason Whitlock” contributor Shemeka Michelle, who is dealing with a similar situation – friends refusing to speak to her because of her support for Trump.

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GLENN: So the holidays are -- are such an important time for us to be able to come back together at the table. And there are people on all sides saying, I can't -- I can't get back together with my family.

Let me tell you something.

My family has my traditional family. You know, from way back when I was growing up.

My family.

And now, my family extended and -- and even, you know, with me and my kids.

We've gone through really rough times.

The last few years, have been just deadly.

To my family.

And we are in the struggle of holding absolutely everything together.

And it is hard. But it is worth it, in the end.

My biggest fear, honestly, is becoming my dad. I always wanted to be my dad, in many ways. Because he was always very open-minded. And he was really, really brilliant.

He always questioned everything.

He was very tolerant. And he was hard-working. But in the end, he just became very, very bitter.

And the family -- I mean, he just blew up the family at the end.

And my biggest fear is becoming my father. And I just -- I was awake all last night. Just thinking about that.

All -- tossed and turned for maybe three hours. Just thinking about that.

Because our family is -- we're just having problems.

And all I want is my family to be together.

Be together for the holidays. Be together for Christmas.

And even if we're mad at each other or whatever.

Still, just family is the only thing that you have at the end of your life. That's it.

And so people are now encouraging others. The ladies The View.

At least they disagreed on this. On skipping family Thanksgiving.

Play cut 12.

Let me just play this real quick.

VOICE: Whatever your reason is. I would never let my politics be the reason I don't show up to see my family.

VOICE: I'm going to disagree. I completely understand her point.

Because I really do feel that this candidate, you know, President-elect Trump. Is just a different type of candidate.

From the things he said, and the things he's done. And the things he will do. It's more of a moral issue for me. And I think it's more of a moral issue for other people.

We're just -- you know, I would say it was different when let's say Bush got elected. You know, you may not have agreed with his policies.

But you didn't feel like he was a deeply flawed person -- deeply flawed by character, deeply flawed in morality.

STU: Yeah. They called him a terrorist all the time.

VOICE: They called him flawed.

GLENN: Okay. Stop.

So the going back and forth on this. First of all, if -- if -- no matter which side you're on, I think we can say, it's a moral issue. On both sides.

You can say, it's a moral issue.

He's Hitler. Well, he's not. Well, if you really believe he's Hitler. It's a deeply moral issue.

But it was a deeply moral issue on our side too. Your candidate was for killing babies, all the way up until and in some cases, after birth. There can't be a bigger moral issue.

Your candidate was going after people, because they disagreed with them.

They called Catholics. And parents, showing up at parent meetings. At school. And called them terrorists.

It was a deem moral issue for us too.

You're -- you're mutilating children.

So don't take the moral high ground, that you were the only ones that thought it was a moral issue.

We did are too.

We just disagreed. Now, what does that have to do with me being your father. Or your uncle.

Or your brother?

Your dad?

What does -- what does that have to do with thinking?

Because this too shall pass.

But what won't pass ever, throughout all of the eternities, is our relationship with one another.

We have become so small, that -- that we think that this is the -- this is the most important thing.

It's not.

Do you know who sha Mika Michelle is?

STU: She's on the Jason Whitlock show.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: She posted something the other day. She said, I have a, air quotes, friend who wasn't sure how to hold space for me.

Those are quotes.

As someone who supported Trump. After the election, she stated she needed to protect her peace, and we haven't spoken since. When she comes to her senses, and I know she will, should I welcome her back with open arms?

Because honestly, I'm thinking about giving her the finger, like, F-U.

After we've been through, you sided with baby killers, and those willing to castrate kids.
Go to hell. She asked for thoughts.

And so, Shemika, if I may, I understand how you feel. I really do. I really, really do.

But I think maybe because my family has been divided politically for so long, because of what I do.

You know, it started way before -- you know, it started with Barack Obama.

No. It started with George Bush.

And so I've been going through this the whole time. That I've built in a little bit more armor.

Whatever. Whatever.

It doesn't -- whatever.

This is not important.

Not going to argue with you.

And I'm not going to try to change your mind.

I'm going to try to be a peacemaker.

Last -- one of the holiday. No. It was during the holiday reunion.

There were two members of my family that vote radically different than me.

And see life, radically different than I do.

But I love them. They're good people.

I just love them.

And they were like, you know, uncle Glenn. We can talk to you.

We just want to understand some things.

And I'm like, good. Because I want to understand some things too.

And we just had a really good open conversation, where neither of us were trying to win, we were just trying to understand each other. Because we knew in the end, we will always be related to each other. And I don't have enough family to blow them off.

You know, it's not like my grandfather. I think my who can't understand mother had 18 children. Fourteen of them lived.

And I don't have that. I have two sisters. I have a few nieces and nephews.

I have two grandchildren. I have four children. I don't have enough!

They're all valuable to me. I would ask, and it's -- it will be easier for us because we're -- we're the winners this time.

So it will be easier for us to say, you know, get over it. What's the big deal?

It's still a big deal to people. And you really have to understand, you know, if you've read my book. Propaganda Wars.

You know the brainwashing that's gone on.

I mean, we talk about it, in the book.

And we show you, how to dismantle that in your own life, to make sure you're not a part of it.

You're not spreading it. And it hasn't affected you.

How to find the truth.

These -- these -- actually feel sorry, for not the ones who know what they're doing.

But for the ones that actually believe that they're going to round people up that disagree with them. Because I will be on the front lines. And I think you could probably say this true.

If they started rounding people up because they disagreed. I will be on your side. I will stand with you. I will be with you. They start with the Bill of Rights, and it's in gross ways. I am with you.

I'm for the Bill of Rights. I'm for all of your rights.

I hope you're for all of mine. We're going to disagree on policies. We're going to disagree on how to get there. But my there, should be your there.

I believe all men are free. All men are created equal. You know, you come into this world equal. You leave equal. You leave with nothing!

Except what you've done in your life. And how you lived your life. Who you worship. How you worshiped. Did you serve?

Did you ask for forgiveness? Did you work that forgiveness in your life?

I have more stuff in my life to apologize for than to Pat myself on the back or say, well, thank you. That was a great went I did. I have many more things to apologize for, than any of that. We're all flawed. We're all just trying to figure it out.

We don't want to control people's lives.

Don't miss this opportunity.

Be the peacemaker. Blessed be the peacemakers.

But remember, peacemakers are the ones who stand up for other people's long-term peace. You may have to say things that are true, that are tough.

GLENN: Don't give any ground on truth, but there might be other ways to say the truth, that they can hear it. And you don't have to say everything.

But if you want to be a peacemaker in your life, you have to stand for what is true, universally true.

So others -- our children, our children's children can have peace in their day. That's what it means to be a peacemaker.

But it comes to your family, don't ever listen to anybody who says, don't talk to your family.

That's what cults do.

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7 ways to know you're being LIED TO

The Legacy Media has been lying to you and it's clearer than ever after the 2024 election. But how do you know who to trust? Glenn gives 7 tests that his research team uses to evaluate media sources and separate the truth from the propaganda. These 7 tests are explained further in Glenn's new book, "Propaganda Wars."

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