Chapter 326: He is not Chinese
In the current Warriors team, Li Du, Yao Ming and Curry must not be replaced, the three of them are the core players of the Warriors' tactics, there is Livingston in the bench lineup, Yao Ming's replacement has finally been settled, and the rest is to find excellent outside players. 1357924?6810ggggggggggd
The United States is a country full of talented outside players, and Li Du and Curry are enough to support the Warriors' outside line, so there is no need to rush to find outside players. However, the old Nelson still chose a relatively good outside line for Li Du during the draft, and what surprised Li Du even more was that this person was also Chinese!
Jeremy Lin, an outstanding graduate of Harvard University, chose to join the NBA as a non-draft player instead of entering industries such as finance and high-tech companies after graduation. This choice itself is very strange, plus they are all Chinese, Li Du decided to meet him after hearing the news.
The elder Nelson seemed to know Li Du's thoughts, and arranged for the two to meet the day after signing with Jeremy Lin.
After this meeting, Li Du secretly shook his head, this Harvard graduate is Taiwanese, although he has authentic Chinese blood in his body, he can no longer be regarded as Chinese.
During the conversation between the two, Jeremy Lin has always spoken English, Chinese and hardly Chinese, and he is a devout Christian, and when Li Du asked him why he chose to join the NBA, his answer turned out to be: "This is God's arrangement, I am playing for God." โ
Such an answer, if it were a foreigner with white skin and blue eyes, Li Du would feel very normal, but a Chinese with yellow skin, black eyes and black hair always felt awkward when he said this.
Seeing Jeremy Lin, Li Du really understood why his master had strictly demanded that he must learn Mongolian studies and speak Chinese at home since he was a child. It's all because of the inheritance of culture! Only when a person recognizes and is familiar with Chinese culture is he Chinese, otherwise he is like the one in front of him. His parents are Chinese, and he also has pure Chinese blood, but culturally, he can't even speak Chinese, so he is actually an American, not a Chinese!
After Jeremy Lin left, Li Du sat in the stadium and thought for a long time before driving home, and then posted this sentence on his social platform, still written in Chinese: "The princes are Yili is Yizhi, and Yidi enters China is China." โ
This sentence is the thinking of the ancient Chinese, which means: even if the princes officially canonized by the Son of Heaven, if they use the cultural systems of other peoples, even the princes will be considered foreign, not the Chinese nation. On the other hand, even if others who are not members of the Chinese nation themselves recognize and use the Chinese cultural system, they are considered to be part of the Chinese nation.
Li Du was moved by this sentence, and when he sent it out, he was actually sighing in his heart about the difficulties of Chinese people surviving overseas. Chinese people working hard overseas are in a foreign country, and there are also two paths in front of them: one is to integrate into the life of a foreign country, and the other is to adhere to their own traditions and culture and refuse to integrate into a foreign country.
Those who choose the former path, such as Jeremy Lin and others, will have a slightly easier time living abroad, after all, after integrating into the culture and life of the locals, they will rarely be subjected to racial discrimination anymore. But the result of this is that they have Chinese blood, but they are no longer Chinese.
Those who chose the latter path, such as Li Du's master Shang Yun and other older generation of boxers, stubbornly adhered to their own culture and inheritance after coming to the land of other ethnic groups, and resolutely refused to integrate into foreign countries. As a result, Chinese people have been repeatedly discriminated against overseas, which is a gap between people caused by cultural barriers that cannot be eliminated. That's why there is Chinatown, that's why so many clubs and gangs are born.
There is no difference between these two choices, let alone right or wrong, this is everyone's different choice, but this choice makes people helpless.
Li Du's current social platform is staring at many people at any time, and as soon as he posted that sentence, his CCTV reporter friend Yang Yijia called over and asked, "Xiao Du, why are you so emotional?" What happened? โ
Without waiting for Li Du to answer, the well-informed Yang Yijia continued to ask: "I heard that you have signed another Chinese, called ...... It's called Jeremy Lin, isn't it? What do you think of him? โ
Li Du smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Yang, in fact, these are the same answers you asked. Jeremy Lin is indeed Chinese, but he is not Chinese! That's what I sigh about, it's not easy for us overseas Chinese to survive! โ
Then, Li Du told Jeremy Lin to Yang Yijia in detail from beginning to end, and finally sighed: "He has Chinese blood, but he can't even say Chinese, it's hard to say that such a person is Chinese!" โ
Yang Yijia nodded, although the current China does not have such a strict concept of cultural recognition as in ancient times, but the concept of cultural identity has penetrated into the bone marrow of every Chinese, and a person who does not speak Chinese, even if he has Chinese blood, it is difficult to recognize him as Chinese.
After thinking about it, Yang Yijia said: "Originally, I thought that another Chinese would join the Warriors, and the Warriors would completely become the home team of our Chinese fans, and I wanted to report it, but now it seems that it is not necessary." โ
"Don't!" Li Du hurriedly persuaded: "Brother Yang, let's mention it a little." The so-called not looking at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, his parents are Chinese after all, and I hope that with his fame in China, he can find his own culture. I believe that as long as he is willing to learn, he can still come back easily, after all, his parents are authentic Chinese. โ
"Okay, but he doesn't have much fame and record now, so I can only mention it roughly." Yang Yijia sighed, and then asked, "Xiao Du, what do you think of his strength?" โ
Li Du smiled slightly and commented very objectively: "He works hard, his physical condition is good, and his playing habits are good, I believe that he will be a very qualified substitute player in the future, and if he works hard enough, he also has a great chance to become the sixth man of the team." โ
"Hmm......" Yang Yijia was a little disappointed: "In other words, he can be regarded as an upper-average level among NBA guards at most." โ
Li Du smiled: "Be content, look at those outside lines in China, how many of them are better than him?" Their physical talent is much better than that of Jeremy Lin! The only person in China who can really make a name for himself in the NBA is Brother Yao. โ
Speaking of Yao Ming, Li Du couldn't help but think of the World Championships in Turkey, tomorrow is the first game of the Chinese team in the knockout round, they will face the traditional powerhouse Lithuania, I don't know if they can win......
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