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[email protected] August 23rd 17 04:55 PM

Now it is ESPN
 
ESPN had to fire a guy because his name was Robert Lee.
.... and he is Asian.


Alex[_12_] August 24th 17 12:39 AM

Now it is ESPN
 
wrote:
ESPN had to fire a guy because his name was Robert Lee.
... and he is Asian.

They reassigned him for the day to try to avoid bad press.


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Tim August 24th 17 01:19 AM

Now it is ESPN
 
On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 6:40:03 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
wrote:
ESPN had to fire a guy because his name was Robert Lee.
... and he is Asian.

They reassigned him for the day to try to avoid bad press.


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That alone's enough to make for bad press isn't it...?

[email protected] August 24th 17 07:28 AM

Now it is ESPN
 
On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:39:56 -0400, Alex wrote:

wrote:
ESPN had to fire a guy because his name was Robert Lee.
... and he is Asian.

They reassigned him for the day to try to avoid bad press.


I got the impression they pulled hon from all of the Virginia games.
No matter, it is still stupid since there are more Asian "Lees" than
there are from Virginia and the one everyone is suddenly ****ed at
died 100 years ago.

John H[_2_] August 24th 17 12:41 PM

Now it is ESPN
 
On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 02:28:02 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:39:56 -0400, Alex wrote:

wrote:
ESPN had to fire a guy because his name was Robert Lee.
... and he is Asian.

They reassigned him for the day to try to avoid bad press.


I got the impression they pulled hon from all of the Virginia games.
No matter, it is still stupid since there are more Asian "Lees" than
there are from Virginia and the one everyone is suddenly ****ed at
died 100 years ago.


Over 20% of Koreans have the last name 'Kim'. Kim, Lee, and Park are the three most popular names in
Korea.


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