WorthyNewsBot Posted August 23, 2017 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.46 Content Count: 44,311 Content Per Day: 7.18 Reputation: 985 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted August 23, 2017 (Worthy News) - Apparently, even being Asian doesn’t mean people won’t take you for being a white nationalist. ESPN confirmed Tuesday night that it had decided to pull an announcer from calling a University of Virginia football game because his name is Robert Lee. This Robert Lee is Asian. “We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name. In that moment it felt right to all parties,” reads the ESPN statement posted at the popular Fox Sports college-football blog Outkick the Coverage. [ Source (Read More...) ] View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavedByGrace1981 Posted August 23, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 104 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2,923 Content Per Day: 0.61 Reputation: 462 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/02/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/22/1953 Share Posted August 23, 2017 It's a good thing Keith Jackson (longtime sportscaster for ABC) is retired - otherwise they'd have to remove him as well. After all, someone might confuse him with "Stonewall" Jackson. Blessings, -Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted August 23, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.11 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted August 23, 2017 ESPN has just proved they can out PC even CNN. Apparently these brainiacs don't realize they just discriminated against a minority. "Lee'"is the most often used surname in the world and it is a CHINESE name besides being an English one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 5 hours ago, WorthyNewsBot said: (Worthy News) - Apparently, even being Asian doesn’t mean people won’t take you for being a white nationalist. ESPN confirmed Tuesday night that it had decided to pull an announcer from calling a University of Virginia football game because his name is Robert Lee. This Robert Lee is Asian. “We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name. In that moment it felt right to all parties,” reads the ESPN statement posted at the popular Fox Sports college-football blog Outkick the Coverage. [ Source (Read More...) ] View the full article This is just getting ridiculous. And it is an insult to the intelligence of average Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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