Jeremy Lin makes peace with ESPN editor behind racist headline
New York Knicks superstar Jeremy Lin took time out his hectic NBA schedule to touch base with an ESPN editor who was fired for publishing a racist headline about the Asian point guard...
New York Knicks superstar Jeremy Lin took time out his hectic NBA schedule to touch base
with an ESPN editor who was fired for publishing a racist headline about the Asian point guard. Anthony Federico, the man behind the headline, called Lin a “wonderful, humble person.” Huffington Post reports:
While the news will hardly surprise his fans around the world, Jeremy Lin is apparently a very forgiving guy.
According to Newsday, the Knicks’ sensation met with the former ESPN editor who was fired last month for publishing an offensive headline referencing Lin’s Asian-American ethnicity.
“The fact that he took the time to meet with me in his insanely busy schedule… He’s just a wonderful, humble person,” Anthony Federico, the ex-ESPN editor who ran the headline, told Newsday, adding that their conversation pertained mostly to ideas of reconciliation their shared faith.
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