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"In addition to telling Sports Illustrated in May he wants to 'help kids,' reach No. 1 and 'be the baddest person on the planet,' he confessed that in his misguided rookie year of 2007 before he righted his thinking last fall and winter, he sometimes played with a hangover or with 45 minutes' sleep."
I know, I know, lots of Asians play golf. But many of those golfers are transplants from Asia and unfortunately happen to be targets of resentment by Caucasian American pro golfers, for example the LPGA's Jan Stephenson who said in a 2003 interview:
"This is probably going to get me in trouble, but the Asians are killing our tour. Absolutely killing it. Their lack of emotion, their refusal to speak English when they can speak English. They rarely speak."
Ah, the sensitivity and open-mindedness of professional golf.
This being the same institution whose members call Tiger Woods "that little boy," make jokes about him getting lynched, or completely ignore the multiracial background by which he prefers to be known.
Luckily, the Asian American golfers—like Kim, Michelle Wie, and San Francisco Bay Area native Christina Kim—aren't being treated with as much disrespect as their Asian counterparts, perhaps as a result of the sports world's ongoing struggle to accept that "Hey, Asian Americans are, like, totally American."
July 16, 2008
Anthony Kim: The Next Tiger Woods?
The L.A. Times did an interesting piece called "Twenty-three items about Anthony Kim," the L.A.-born Korean American golfer who is being touted as the next Tiger Woods. It's a nice glimpse into the life of an Asian American athlete who is dedicated - at 16, Kim moved by himself to La Quinta, CA from his parents' Los Angeles home to take advantage of the golf courses there - but also not devoid of a personality:"In addition to telling Sports Illustrated in May he wants to 'help kids,' reach No. 1 and 'be the baddest person on the planet,' he confessed that in his misguided rookie year of 2007 before he righted his thinking last fall and winter, he sometimes played with a hangover or with 45 minutes' sleep."
I know, I know, lots of Asians play golf. But many of those golfers are transplants from Asia and unfortunately happen to be targets of resentment by Caucasian American pro golfers, for example the LPGA's Jan Stephenson who said in a 2003 interview:
"This is probably going to get me in trouble, but the Asians are killing our tour. Absolutely killing it. Their lack of emotion, their refusal to speak English when they can speak English. They rarely speak."
Ah, the sensitivity and open-mindedness of professional golf.
This being the same institution whose members call Tiger Woods "that little boy," make jokes about him getting lynched, or completely ignore the multiracial background by which he prefers to be known.
Luckily, the Asian American golfers—like Kim, Michelle Wie, and San Francisco Bay Area native Christina Kim—aren't being treated with as much disrespect as their Asian counterparts, perhaps as a result of the sports world's ongoing struggle to accept that "Hey, Asian Americans are, like, totally American."
Posted by sylvie at July 16, 2008 12:18 PM
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Ouch! I had no idea that Asians had that kind of reputation in golf.
asianmommy bc you are ignorant and purposely ignore that kind of drama as if it will go away on its own.....idiot!!
let's keep the comments respectful, please.
Michelle Wie was the next..