Jeremy Lin, the former New York Knicks star who took the NBA by storm for a few weeks during the 2011-12 season, spoke out against racist attacks against Asians and Asian Americans.

Lin’s Facebook post on Thursday came in the wake of recent attacks on Asians and Asian Americans in San Francisco and New York City.

"Something is changing in this generation of Asian Americans.

"We are tired of Asian American kids growing up and being asked where they're REALLY from, of having our eyes mocked, of being objectified as exotic or being told we're inherently unattractive.

I want better for the next generation of Asian American athletes than to have to work so hard to just be ‘deceptively athletic.’".

A recent spate of attacks against Asians and Asian Americans surfaced earlier this month in San Francisco and New York City.

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