An Article from the New York Times written by Gish Jen entitled "Asian Men Can Jump," published February 16 sparks the controversy regarding the lineage of JEremy Lin as mistakenly understand that here mother was a part Filipino or something to that effect. See here the full article ((http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/opinion/asian-men-can-jump.html?_r=1))
An Excerpt from the News
"The elder Chuas came from a rich Chinese enclave in the Philippines. Faced with a hostile native population, they circled the wagons and emphasized tradition. "
This was saw by Joey Villar, a supposed to be reliable sports analyst had tweeted and was seen by millions of basketball fans in the philippines which obviously started the LINSANITY last night.
A Screetshot of Joey Villar's tweet.
According to historians, Lin's father is an eighth-generation descendant of immigrants from Taiwan, having moved to Taiwan from the Fujian province of China in 1707. On the other hand, Lin's maternal grandmother grew up in Zhejiang in China, and moved to Taiwan in the late 1940s. There, she married a Taiwanese native, and then later moved to the U.S.
However, Taiwan has the upper-hand upon the bragging rights since he was always visiting Taiwan back then.
Here are some of tweets which started the Linsanity last night.
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I'm expecting the Philippine media to find evidence of Jeremy Lin having even a millionth part Filipino in his blood, now that he's famous.
Cyrus Fernandez
5 days ago
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Some guy just yelled "JEREMY LIN!!" at my filipino friend
gabrielherrera
3 days ago
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lots of pinoy are so nut about JLin. wouldn't be surprised if someone finds a filipino angle. 1/75 pinoy.
dennis s poliquit
15 hours ago
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And then...
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ayun na nga. i just read on my timeline that JLin's mom is fil-chinese. (not confirmed. don't RT out of excitement)
dennis s poliquit
15 hours ago
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News began to spread that a New York Times article had Jeremy Lin's mother being half-Filipino, meaning Jeremy himself is a quarter-Pinoy
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Read on folks. Jeremy Lin's mom is Fil-Taiwanese! nytimes.com/2012/02/17/opi...
Joey Villar
15 hours ago
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Jeremy Lin's mom is a filipino chinese living in taiwan. Cool.
Melvin Escalora
16 hours ago
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Just when you thought things couldn't get more Linsane. Jeremy Lin's mom is a Filipino-Chinese! :bdbd
Anna Macatangay
16 hours ago
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technically, if reports are true, if jeremy lin's mom is fil-chinese, that makes him filipino because we follow the jus sanguinis rule #NAKS
rommel nardo
15 hours ago
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Jeremy Lin's mother is a Filipino Chinese? Not confirmed yet but if true, get him to play for Smart Gilas.
Alvin Batallones
14 hours ago
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"@hiJAYklmnop: Told you guys Jeremy Lin is 1/4 Filipino :) haha" :O
Pao Ming
13 hours ago
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WoW! Jeremy Lin's mom is Fil-Taiwanese! No wonder #LINsanity is great...He has an ounce of Pinoy blood flowing through his veins! #Astiiiig
Darlene Cervantes
15 hours ago
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Naku. Fil-chi daw ang nanay ni Jeremy Lin. Patay na. Magagalit ang mga intsik satin pag nawala ang thunder nila dahil sa #PinoyPride. Lol
JM Vecideux
15 hours ago
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But once a few skeptics read the article closely, they discovered that no such claims were made, and that the author of the New York Times piece was merely contrasting Jeremy Lin's (Taiwanese) parents, with writer Amy Chua's family, who migrated to American from the Philippines.
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Jeremy Lin's mom is NOT Filipino-Taiwanese.Seriously.Writer was referring to Amy Chua's family.She is not Lin's mom. #philippines
kassi panda
13 hours ago
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Walang nakalagay sa storya ng NY Times na may lahing Filipino si Jeremy Lin
Jonas Terrado
12 hours ago
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