NEW YORK—Brooklyn Nets guard Jeremy Lin said Thursday he was grateful to former Nets star Kenyon Martin for a stinging racially overtoned rebuke about his new dreadlocks hairstyle. “Do I need to remind this damn boy that his last name Lin?” Martin said. Its all good,” Lin wrote. “Thanks for everything you did for the nets and hoops...had your poster up on my wall growin up,” Lin said. Lin wrote about cultural concern and the impact of “jokes,” saying, “As an Asian-American, I do know something about cultural appropriation.

Source: The Standard October 06, 2017 11:15 UTC