Dear Sir/Madam,
A video recorded by ESPN recently exposed that a Chinese announcer Ke FAN (Chinese name: 柯凡) call Lebron James “gorilla” prior the Game 5 of 2016 NBA Finals. According to the video record, Ke FAN said “If the gorilla wins the game, I will be a fan of that gorilla for next season…..Would it work if I made a voodoo doll for Lebron?”. The link of the original ESPN video with the English subtitle is attached at the end of this letter.
Ke FAN is Tencent contracted announcer and he host the broadcast of most NBA games online in the website of Tencent. Tencent is one of the biggest internet company in China, and provides the online NBA broadcast service to Chinese.
That speech by Ke FAN is not broadcasted by Tencent on the internet, but it is accidently recorded by ESPN as background noise in the video. Although no one found it during the NBA Finals, Chinese sports fans recognized that it is the voice of Ke FAN while watching the ESPN video in the past few weeks.
Gorilla (猩猩 in Chinese) is a common racial slur in China, and it is also commonly used to curse Lebron James by Chinese haters. Lebron James suffers racial discrimination for his power and strength in China although he is one of the most popular athletes at the same time.
Ke FAN, as reporter licensed by NBA, literally said that racial slur in the court of NBA Finals, which is totally intolerable and unforgivable. Ke FAN broadcasted to more than 30 million Chinese online during the NBA Finals. He should be a positive model to Chinese sports fans, but his speech had the opposite effect and enhance the racial discrimination in China. Some people even think that speech by Ke FAN is acceptable because it is private.
As a Chinese sports fan, I hope NBA can investigate Ke FAN for racial slur and ban him from stepping on any NBA courts. NBA have showed the determination to fight against racial discrimination by Donald Sterling racism scandal. It is one more time to announce to the world that racial discrimination is totally unacceptable in NBA.
Sincerely,
A Chinese sports fan
The ESPN video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPA1CZuf1KI
A video recorded by ESPN recently exposed that a Chinese announcer Ke FAN (Chinese name: 柯凡) call Lebron James “gorilla” prior the Game 5 of 2016 NBA Finals. According to the video record, Ke FAN said “If the gorilla wins the game, I will be a fan of that gorilla for next season…..Would it work if I made a voodoo doll for Lebron?”. The link of the original ESPN video with the English subtitle is attached at the end of this letter.
Ke FAN is Tencent contracted announcer and he host the broadcast of most NBA games online in the website of Tencent. Tencent is one of the biggest internet company in China, and provides the online NBA broadcast service to Chinese.
That speech by Ke FAN is not broadcasted by Tencent on the internet, but it is accidently recorded by ESPN as background noise in the video. Although no one found it during the NBA Finals, Chinese sports fans recognized that it is the voice of Ke FAN while watching the ESPN video in the past few weeks.
Gorilla (猩猩 in Chinese) is a common racial slur in China, and it is also commonly used to curse Lebron James by Chinese haters. Lebron James suffers racial discrimination for his power and strength in China although he is one of the most popular athletes at the same time.
Ke FAN, as reporter licensed by NBA, literally said that racial slur in the court of NBA Finals, which is totally intolerable and unforgivable. Ke FAN broadcasted to more than 30 million Chinese online during the NBA Finals. He should be a positive model to Chinese sports fans, but his speech had the opposite effect and enhance the racial discrimination in China. Some people even think that speech by Ke FAN is acceptable because it is private.
As a Chinese sports fan, I hope NBA can investigate Ke FAN for racial slur and ban him from stepping on any NBA courts. NBA have showed the determination to fight against racial discrimination by Donald Sterling racism scandal. It is one more time to announce to the world that racial discrimination is totally unacceptable in NBA.
Sincerely,
A Chinese sports fan
The ESPN video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPA1CZuf1KI
