ESPN pulls Asian American announcer from Virginia Football game because his name is Robert Lee

[MindWars]

ESPN pulls Asian-American announcer from Virginia football game because he has a Confederate general's name

In the wake of the events in Charlottesville, Va., ESPN decided to pull one of its announcers from calling a University of Virginia football game -- because his name is Robert Lee.

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Told you dumbasses it will not end until you stop your snowflake bs.

 

[Slyhunter]

duplicate thread, but the original is all off topic replies anyhow.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Wow, they make it sound like the guy is a direct descendant of the original person.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. And even if he was, why should he be punished for something that he has absolutely nothing to do with?

 

[basquebromance]

Seattle needs to remove this statue of Bruce Lee, who's name reminds me of Robert Lee, who's name reminds me of Robert E. Lee. So offensive.

 

[martybegan]

This guy at ESPN has an even bigger problem:

Bob Ley - Wikipedia

Robert A. Ley[1] (/ˈliː/; born March 16, 1955) is an American sports anchor and reporter for ESPN. A multiple Emmy Award-winner, he is the longest tenured on-air employee of the network, having joined ESPN just three days after the network's 1979 launch.[2]

Robert Ley - Wikipedia

Robert Ley (German: [ˈlaɪ]; 15 February 1890 – 25 October 1945) was a German politician during the Nazi era who headed the German Labour Front from 1933 to 1945. He committed suicide while awaiting trial at Nuremberg for war crimes.[1]

 

[basquebromance]