Over the past few weeks, Jeremy Lin has become a role model in the Asian American community. Being a Taiwanese-American making it in the NBA is a big deal, although I would argue it was just as big a deal that he was an economics major from Harvard — one of the other two NBA players from Harvard was Jewish, another underrepresented demographic in the sport. The truth is that Asians have already found their way into American sports. From Ichiro Suzuki to Yao Ming, Michelle Kwan to Apollo Anton Ono, Dat Nguyen to Tiger Woods, Asians and Asian Americans have reached the very highest ranks of American athletics; Jeremy Lin is just the latest in a long line. Almost anyone can name an Asian star athlete, but can everyone name an Asian Hollywood star? Some of you are making this face now.
