ESPN broadcaster #RobertLee will not work Virginia's season opener because of recent violence in #Charlottesville.https://usat.ly/2wx1tXt
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Felt right? That's discrimination. No excuse for
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Read the article. It was a mutual decision.
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He should never have been approached about it in the first place. What was he going to say at that point, no, I'm going to do it. Right.


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They were trying to save him from the people that certainly would've created Memes mocking his name during the broadcast…
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Mocking an Asian man with the surname Lee, second most common surname among Asians? That's a bit of a stretch.
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I think it would have had to do with the combination with his first name... as well as the fact that he'd be calling a UVA game...
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Because we’re too petty to understand that Robert Lee and Robert E. Lee are two completely different people… And that R.E.L is long dead…
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Typical ESPN type reaction. And they'd crucify any local station who did this.
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Removing a person because of his name is as discriminatory as removing someone because of his race. Completely nonsensical.
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Please read the article. It was a mutual decision.
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It was mutual but only because
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You're a new ESPN announcer. ESPN asks you if you REALLY want to announce with that name? Look left. Look right. Answer:uh-no? It's Mutual
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Political correctness gone amok.
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Absurd.
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@espn This is#Discrimination unfairly targets Asians & people w/ similar name are subject to limited job opportunities#ReinstateRobertLeeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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This is such an over reaction
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