‘Well, You’re Really Not a Minority’

How silencing Asian hate perpetuates racism

Eugene Chung was drafted by the New England Patriots in 1992. Photo: Getty Images

“Well, you’re really not a minority,” Eugene Chung was told in an NFL coaching job interview.

When Eugene Chung, who is a Korean American former NFL offensive lineman and assistant coach, pushed the interviewer on this statement, the interviewer explained that he was “not the right minority” they were…