The United States is a country where racial discrimination is ubiquitous, but it is also a country that is extremely sensitive to racial discrimination, just as the more inferior people are, the stronger their self-esteem, the United States, a multiracial country, has race-related contradictions every day.

Gan Guoyang has deeply experienced this since he came to the United States in 1981, when Gan Guoyang often watched various talk shows in order to learn English, and in those programs, yellow people were often the object of jokes in the host's mouth, although the host also made jokes about black and white people, but was obviously more unscrupulous towards yellow people; Later, in Palo Alto High School, Gan Guoyang was not less talked about when he was playing games, and of course, in the end, Gan Guoyang got his face back on the court.

After entering the NBA, after traveling around the United States, this impression is even more profound, like some white areas in the northeast of the United States, such as the New England region led by Boston, where whites account for the vast majority, and discrimination against people of color can be said to be multifaceted, so the Boston Celtics are also the only team in the NBA where white players exceed black players, and there are even special clauses in the contracts signed by black NBA players at that time, which can refuse to be traded to Boston.

There was also a lot of racial discrimination in the NBA in the past, the earliest NBA was ruled by white players, and blacks could not even enter the NBA team, so the really strongest basketball players at that time were not necessarily in the NBA, but also on the street court, and the real "masters were in the people".

As a group of black players represented by Bill Russell entered the NBA and dominated the league, the struggle of black players against discrimination became more and more intense, and Bill Russell, as the legend who brought 11 championship rings to Boston, was still discriminated against in Boston, so he has been fighting against discrimination.

From the 70s to the 80s, racial discrimination in the NBA has been alleviated a lot, at least on the surface, and some blatant racial discrimination no longer exists, and the uproar caused by the remarks of Rodman and Thomas in the 1987 playoffs still makes people feel uneasy, and Thomas has become the object of contempt across the league and has been repeatedly criticized on TV; And the reckless Rodman, if it weren't for Thomas resisting most of the firepower, this guy would probably leave the league with no ball to play.

Of course, this does not mean that discrimination has disappeared, in fact, many discriminatory acts are hidden, and it is sometimes difficult for others to understand, but this is to treat the blacks who have fiercely resisted, and the Chinese, and Americans are not so polite.

For example, when Gan Guoyang just entered the Portland Trail Blazers in 1984 and asked the Trail Blazers to change the team doctor, many media published articles speculating that "yellow people may not be suitable for the intensity of the NBA game, so they need better doctors for protective treatment." ”

Logically speaking, it is true that the yellow race is slightly inferior in physical fitness than other races, but if the media dares to publish an article claiming that "black players generally have low IQs, and it is difficult for them to get into the league after losing their physical fitness", then this media will definitely be unlucky.

This situation slowly began to change after Gan Guoyang entered the NBA, Gan Guoyang brought a lot of influence may not have been expected by himself, his excellence on the court, hard work, and never accept insults, with a straightforward personality, let him win the respect of players, fans and the media, although the media and he do not deal with him, but no one will doubt his strength, plus Gan Guoyang borrowed Wu Zhiwen to firmly control the right to speak about himself, reports like 1984 will never appear again.

According to one statistic, after Gan Guoyang led the team to the finals in 1986, the number of Asian basketball fans doubled, and the number of Asians participating in basketball teams in school teams at all levels in the New York area also surged.

After Gan Guoyang lost to Jordan in the MVP battle in 1988, Asian fans across the United States denounced the NBA with all their might, and various protest letters were sent to David Stern's office like snowflakes, and some Chinese football clubs in New York even gathered under the Olympia Building to protest against the NBA's black box operation and discrimination against Chinese.

Moreover, in addition to Southeast Asians in the United States, the three countries of China, Japan and South Korea in East Asia have always looked at each other unpleasantly, the Chinese and Koreans hate the Japanese together, the Japanese and the Chinese laugh at the Koreans, and finally the Koreans and the Japanese despise the Chinese, anyway, these three groups are endless whether in their hometown or in the United States, but only in basketball, Gan Guoyang can let them stand on the united front, and the best way for the two Asians to know each other in the United States is to talk about basketball and Gan Guoyang.

Such influence has spurred a sense of community in the Asian American community, and the release of the tape of Larry Weinberg and Sterling's conversation has undoubtedly dropped a bombshell, and Gan Guoyang knew when he saw the news that no matter what, this matter will not be easily understood, even if the conversation itself does not cause substantial harm to anyone, in the United States, where racial nerves are extremely tight, it will cause a storm.

On the night of the recording exposure, the management of the Pioneers held an emergency meeting to discuss the response to the matter, and Inman also kept calling Gan Guoyang to ask about the situation, Gan Guoyang was very calm, and he said that there was no problem on his side.

Larry Weinberg never commented on the matter, and he did not attend the team's management meeting, so the Trail Blazers held a press conference the next day to explain to the media at this time.

But this matter, there is really nothing to explain, it is not a complicated and tortuous matter, that is, the owner of a team discriminates against his employees because of the color of their skin, and this discrimination is only private, verbally, after all, this employee is the best performing employee under him.

What everyone is waiting for is the reaction of the players on the Trail Blazers' side, especially Gan Guoyang's reaction.

On April 16, countless reporters waited at the Portland Jewish Community Training Center to interview Gan Guoyang, who had participated in the training, but after the training was over, the reporters were greeted by Feng Peiyu and Feng Guangyao, who wore sunglasses and looked serious, and the two escorted Gan Guoyang out of the training center, and Gan Guoyang did not say a word in the process.

Feng Peiyu drove, and Feng Guangyao was responsible for blasting those reporters away: "Go, go, go!" What are you doing! I didn't see that people were in a bad mood, what kind of shooting, the star is not a person, if you are scolded, I will take a big camera to shoot you across the rub, you can be happy! Go, go, go! Get out of the way! You can't afford to pay for the scratch of the car! ”

"Okay, okay, you speak Chinese and they don't understand, get in the car!" Feng Peiyu stopped Feng Guangyao, who was spitting at the reporter, anyway, he was too addicted, and he yelled for a long time that the reporter didn't understand a word.

After getting into the car, Feng Guangyao still didn't stop, and asked Gan Guoyang: "I said Yangtou, why are you so hypocritical when you say Yankees?" Don't you just say that it's not good to say two sentences, you see that when I used to be a soldier with my brother, there were soldiers from all over the world, Haibei and Tiannan, what 'nine-headed bird in the sky, Hubei Yankee underground', what 'Jingyouzi, Weizuizi, Baoding Mansion's dog', there were many fights between each other, but it was over, and I didn't see the People's Daily report on the issue of discrimination? ”

Feng Guangyao usually babble, some time ago he learned from Michael Jordan chewing gum every day and broke his teeth, but he is a real person, and he used to sell drugs with a neatness, and the words he said actually went to Gan Guoyang's heart, and it was this problem that Gan Guoyang was worried about.

In Gan Guoyang's view, Larry Weinberg is still a good person, and it is normal for everyone to have some dark thoughts in their hearts, Gan Guoyang does not believe those who speak for people of color with righteous words, he really thinks so in his heart, and everyone knows many things.

The problem is that this matter was shaken out, everyone knew it, Gan Guoyang, as a Chinese, no longer cares about this kind of remarks, on the surface he must also make a statement, because he is a public figure, behind him stands a vast Chinese community, many people are proud of him, many people are also angry because of his humiliation, as a party If he does not express it, it is undoubtedly unreasonable, and his efforts to improve the status of the Chinese community in the past may also be questioned - people are so strange, Those real things often go unnoticed, but some nihilistic remarks can cause huge repercussions.

At this time, Gan Guoyang was in such a dilemma, and what worried him even more was the overall state of the Portland Trail Blazers, because the Trail Blazers had a lot of black players, and in that tape, Sterling and Weinberg also showed a discriminatory attitude towards black players.

Gan Guoyang sat in the car and thought about it, he had decided that he must meet Weinberg first, and he would not accept any reporter's interview before meeting Weinberg.