Jeremy Lin Dominance: 'Conan' Writer Deon Cole Wants More Blacks, Less Asians In The NBA (VIDEO)

"Conan" writer Deon Cole is very impressed with overnight NBA star Jeremy Lin. In fact, he's a little too impressed. Cole makes it clear: He hopes that Asian people don't follow the Knicks player's lead by getting good at basketball as a race of people. Because in Cole's eyes, that's black peoples' territory.

"Let me do my 'I'm about to say something racist' look-around," Cole says, scanning the audience. "I'm nervous because I don't want Asians taking over basketball, like they took over hip-hop dancing."

But Cole concedes that maybe his people were asking for it. "I guess we hurt Asians as well when we came up with a rap group called Wu-Tang Clan."

Cole lists other jobs that he doesn't mind Asians taking over. But Cole really wants NBA left for his people. No matter how racist it might be.

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Comments

[Cyrus Chen]

07:10 PM on 02/25/2012

Funny how he makes Asian hip hop people look ridiculous in this video. Apparently he did not see this video from Beijing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-XZUyjtgxU

These dancers probably don't even know how to speak English!

[Chucky Sly]

06:00 PM on 02/19/2012

Hockey fans gave a similar pitch when Iginla became an NHL star. Funny stuff.

[montanasian]

09:49 PM on 02/18/2012

Man that was funny if it didn't have a little bit of truth behind it. I proposed that affirmative action extend to college sports where everyone has a chance to participate based on ethnicity % or something along those lines. Great idea right? Nope there are those that believed I already have an advantage cause I am asian and therefore don't need to impede someone elses pathway to economic opportunity by taking a spot on a sports roster. Now thats funny! i'm laughing aren't you?

[tripas de leche]

11:32 PM on 02/17/2012

The cartoon with Lin popping out of a fortune cookie was funny. But a Jewish basketball player popping out of a concentration camp would be funnier. A Mexican popping out of a taco would be funny too.

[Jeff s]

07:44 PM on 02/17/2012

Hey cole, wouldn't it be funnier if you turned this around and made a joke about how Lin being in the nba meant that back kids could join the math club? Or how blacks could now major in physics?

[raul415]

09:55 PM on 02/19/2012

It would be funny but black people already do those things. I have a family full of them.

It is 2012 and we really should stop with all of this "positive" and negative stereotyping.

I like to argue that we, the public are not so dumb as to be driven by media hype but here we are succumbing to media hype.

Stop all the racial twitching and enjoy the games.

[LadyMellM]

02:50 PM on 02/17/2012

So stupid.

[alexander22192]

07:30 AM on 02/17/2012

I can hardly wait to see a 19 year old Korean girl dunk... (or get to be over 6ft)

[MRICHIBAN]

05:11 AM on 02/17/2012

What a stupid comment, even in jest. You add any more Blacks to the NBA and you'll turn it into the NAACP.

[keith1963]

05:49 PM on 02/17/2012

You do know whites help start the NAACP and there are some in various chapters throughout the NAACP.

[tripas de leche]

11:34 PM on 02/17/2012

Yes, but can they play basketball?

[SpcAgentHarris]

04:44 AM on 02/17/2012

DEON!

[queensboro]

09:25 PM on 02/16/2012

lmao!

[toti]

08:04 PM on 02/16/2012

This is how you do it Floyd.

[HonkyTonkMan]

06:43 PM on 02/16/2012

I'd totally have Asian bodyguards.

[ZenSufi]

04:58 PM on 02/16/2012

Conan went to Harvard, just like Lin. They're in cahoots.

[salamanca1]

08:10 PM on 02/16/2012

It's the Asian-Irish-NBA-TV Comedy secret cabal.

[tlcalheta]

04:38 PM on 02/16/2012

cc: Congress, Fox News and Newt Gingrich

It's funny when a comedy writer or comedian says this. NOT funny when politicians and pundits say this.

[queensboro]

09:26 PM on 02/16/2012

because it was a joke?

[Gerald Ward]

11:45 PM on 02/16/2012

Yes, because it was a joke.

[Mayoyo]

04:36 PM on 02/16/2012

LMAO!!!!
Seriously waht the hell was Wu Tang clan..???

[ZenSufi]

04:52 PM on 02/16/2012

It's nuttin' to **** wit.

[alexander22192]

07:16 AM on 02/17/2012

lol

[Chucky Sly]

06:02 PM on 02/19/2012

Awesome.

[Drblah]

05:26 PM on 02/16/2012

Its for the children