The author uses baseball metaphors and examples of different players to show the racial struggles and barriers that many races must face in America.
The life of racial and ethnic stereotypes in sports-
The beliefs that African American's must be fast because thats the stereotype they have been given. Just as he states that even though he is Korean, he is grouped with Ichiro because he is Japanese and they look the same. The stereotype goes deeper than just racial issues, deepening into those of height and weight. A person who is abnormally tall will be stereotyped as a basketball player, and a person is is abnormally large, a football lineman.
Ironically one of the first articles that appears after typing "Asian Americans" is "Linsanity" which for those who are in the know about sports will know that Jeremy Lin is a basketball player. Due to his recent place in the spotlight many have coined the term "Linsanity" when discussing his athletic abilities.
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