New York Post's 'Amasian' Jeremy Lin Headline: Offensive? (PHOTO, POLL)

Let's not forget that the NBA is big business. Jeremy Lin is a feel good story, and I am certain that the off-court media hype is 100% manufactured to repair the PR damage that the labor dispute caused to the NBA.

Let's also remember that this is a very new phenomenon, and could be a flash in the pan, statistically.

That said, Mr Lin is a real sportsman, and presents himself as as a team player, and a humble young man. I hope he continues to represent his sport so well, regardless of his long term statistics.

Amasian is nothing compared to "Chink in the Armor."

ok first of all, as an asian american, i want to say something to my offended asian brethren. racial epithets and the like are only offensive if you allow them to have power over you. they are merely words, nothing more, nothing less. what you should be paying attention to is the intent behind the use of said word. in this case, there was no ill intent, in fact it was intended as a compliment. asian + amazing = amasian. now really ask yourself, were you really offended? I mean, really insulted. i'm willing to bet the word offended is probably not the most accurate word to describe your reaction. whatever the case may be, to be offended by mere words, especially words with no ill intent, indicates a lack of self assuredness and self-realization. if you are confident with yourself and your identity, you would not let silly words affect you. in my opinion, playing the race card means playing the role of the victim, and a victim to me, is one who acquiesces in defeat. do you really want to perpetuate the stereotypes that plague us as asian americans by bitching about something so trivial? have some self respect and stop giving us a bad name by crying foul over something so silly as a headline trying to be cheeky by using a word like "amasian".

When people say this is no big deal, it really gives insight to how people think it's okay to place racial category over accomplishment. We wouldn't put black or white before any sports phenom headline(didn't do it with Tebow or Jordan), yet we do it here and think its okay. Disgusting and proof that when people claim race doesn't matter it should fall on deaf ears

Respect Lin as an athlete 1st..

it's a murdock.k.k publication. if any organization would project a racial angle it would be a a murdock.k.k publication. that makes it offensive to me. why couldn't they have posted, "AmazLINg!"

Excuse my ignorance... but does the headline mean he's American and Asian, or is it a play on the word AMAZING.

Seriously? I mean, seriously??!? He is of Asian decent. He is amazing. Good grief people. It is not disparaging, mocking or stereotyping. It is noting his race which is very, very rare in this case. That is what makes it cool. It is cool because he is Asian. Its neat. Short little Asian kid busts out of nowhere. That is awesome.

As an Asian-American I am not offended. I am just happy that finally they're taking notice of Asian-American's contribution to society.

Why ask us if it's offensive? Ask Jeremy Lin and other Asian Americans. (Seems tacky IMO, but I'm not the referent.)

its just stupid, this headline probably got approved by a few people and i doubt any of them wanted to be overtly racist. too bad the reality is that an asian star in the NBA draws attention not so much because he's been brilliant, but he because he's been brilliant and he's asian

Not a bit worse than many of the lame headlines here