The U.S. media have all seemed to have quietly looked over the outbursts of Shaq O'Neal, failed rapper, multi-gazillion dollar orange-ball shunter, and now racist slur ejaculator. When a white guy makes a slur about a black guy, it's a big scandal. When a black guy makes a slur about an Asian it's...?
APA Community Should Tell Shaquille O’Neal to ‘Come down to Chinatown.’
Shaq's ethnic slurs deeply offend one Yao fanBy Irwin Tang | Special to AsianWeek
In his most recent racial taunt of Yao Ming, Shaquille O'Neal told a reporter, "Tell Yao Ming, 'ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.'" No, the superstar center of the L.A. Lakers was not trying to speak Chinese. Shaq was, in a most derisive tone, aiming a racist barb at the rookie center for the Houston Rockets.
I guess the real question is why the general public keeps expecting overpaid sportsmen of any stripe to speak, on the whole, with candor, intelligence, and insight. Don't people remember high school?
Jessica has the final say on the Shaq deal: "I'm gonna beat Shaq's ass...If I see him."