And we can’t wait to welcome you to the fAAAmily. Make sure you get your dose of Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association this weekend.

• Pan-Asian BBQ | Saturday, 3-6, Science Center Lawn | Enjoy an assortment of delicious barbecue brought to you by the many Asian organizations on campus. Brought to you by Asian American Association.
• Sushi & Mocktails | Saturday, 5:30-7:30, Sever 109 | A close session with the board. Come for food, drink, and fAAAmily!
• Crush | Saturday, 10-2, Pfoho D-hall | PAAArty with the best! Though the party is officially hosted by our friends in CSA, some of the board members should be sprinkled throughout the board. Make sure you find us and say hi!
• Activities Fair | Sunday, 4-6, SOCH | The party don’t stop. Drop by the AAA booth at the activities fair and learn a little more about our roots and mission.

These have been a revealing two weeks, not only for the Asian American community or the Ivy League basketball community or the talent evaluator committee, but also for watchdogs, handwringers, and pulpit-thumpers. Not since Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has there been so much national discussion about the appropriateness of discussing race. The 2008 election set the groundwork for an aggressive sort of colorblindness — as long as you voted for Barack and/or can celebrate, say, Jackie Robinson, you now have the right to flag down anything that might shake us from our post-racial dream. Statements like “I see everybody equally, therefore everyone should just talk about him as a basketball player” and accusations of “playing the race card” have become even more ubiquitous. And although the former signals a nice sentiment, it also provides convenient cover for those of us who benefit most from the status quo, regardless of race. Yes, Jeremy Lin became Linsanity because he has been playing at a level that has recalibrated expectations of any obscure player. And yes, there’s nothing more tiresome than a long-winded meditation on a basketball player, especially if he’s clearly been hijacked to promote some other agenda. But to strip Jeremy Lin of his status as the Great Yellow Hope not only seems dishonest and lazy, it also deprives the community he represents — willfully or not — of the unabashed joy of seeing one of its own succeed in the most improbable arena.

Of all the drives, dunks and dazzling shots Jeremy Lin is forcing upon the stars of the NBA, none of it compares with the moves he’s putting on a larger collection of everyday people.

Jeremy Lin has dribbled America into the previously quiet corner of its casual prejudice and lazy stereotypes of Asian Americans.

“In this country, Asian Americans are stereotyped as the meek and the mild, the ones who will always take the racism,” said Daryl Maeda, an associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado who specializes in Asian American studies. ”There is a perception that it’s OK to offend Asian Americans because they simply won’t fight back.”

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ALL HE DOES IS LIN.

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