Swish Mag August.2013 | Page 18

CHANGER When Yao Ming came into the league he stole many hearts of young people who were once fans of Shaq and Tim Duncan. In the time when Shaq and Duncan were in their prime they were most famed for their position because of their aggressiveness and skill. A lot of tall kids think of Yao as a role model and most of them aspire “I think one of the most positive things about America is that everybody can fight for equality” -Yao Ming Ofcourse Yao and every person want’s to be equal within a community no matter what race or color you are. Because Yao was the first popular chinese basketball player, other players in the NBA didn’t understand him, he was from the other side of the world which english wasn’t his first language. Stereotypes also have gotten in the way of Yao and all asian basketball fans around the world.