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Oh yes, Lin does battle racism ? Jeremy Lin, an American whose parents are from Taiwan, said he has to work harder to earn respect. Im going to have to play well for a longer period of time for certain people to believe it because Im Asian, he said. Bob Levey / Agence France-PresseThe fact Im Asian-American makes it harder to believe, says Rockets guard? Jeremy Lin, the NBA playmaker of Chinese heritage whose rise last season sparked Lin-sanity worldwide, told GQ Magazine in a cover story that he still feels the sting of racist attitudes.? Im going to have to play well for a longer period of time for certain people to believe it because Im Asian. And thats just the reality of it, Lin told GQ in a story from the November issue posted on the magazine website.? Lin is featured on the cover wearing a suit and basketball shoes and holding a basketball in his left hand with a headline: Jeremy Lin will not be denied.? I dont always pass with my left, but when I do, its for GQ ... thanks, Lin posted on Tuesday on his Twitter page.? Lin, a 24-year-old Harvard graduate, was pulled off the bench for the New York Knicks last season when the club had two starters felled by injury. He shocked everyone with a star turn that sparked a win streak and Lin-sanity.? The starters returned and so did reality but the Knicks reached the playoffs and Lin was expected to play a role for New York in the upcoming season.? But when the Houston Rockets made an offer of $25 million for three years and the Knicks refused to match it, Lin departed for the Texas club where retired Chinese star center Yao Ming played his entire NBA career.? When we had Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, those were our centerpieces, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey told GQ.? Right now were really sort of figuring out who those foundational players will be, but if you had to ask me whos most likely to be that guy, I think Jeremy Lins No 1.? Lin, however, says he still feels a sense of bigotry toward him, that people see