"Rooting for Your Own Kind"

http://www.salon.com/2012/02/16/politically_lincorrect_rooting_for_your_own_kind/


     Everybody knows about the no-name basketball player Jeremy Lin who broke into the scene recently.  This article does not discuss his accomplishments but rather discusses how many people of the same origin are cheering for Lin.  The author, Gary Kamiya, wrote in the article, "I'm one of them.  As a half-Japanese, half-white ex-jock, I've always followed and rooted for that tiny number of Asian-Americans who make it in any of my three favorite sports..."  I found this article humorous and insightful.  For example, Kamiya wrote that Lin is" from an ethnic group about as associated with the NBA as bullfighters are with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals".  He was insightful because he himself is Asian so he has personal experience in the topic.
     If anything, I would say that Kamiya focuses mostly upon ethos in this article.  he does so by discussing race and its connection to sports, specifically the effect of Jeremy Lin.  The article presents hope for Asian-American athletes throughout the world, as it displays the fact that Lin represents a social minority group that is so underrepresented in the NBA.