NEW : ` The phrase has two meanings ; one is an ethnic slur . ` I do n't think it was on purpose , '' Lin says . 'It's just that the way we're used to seeing them is not what they look like in real life. " The network suspended an anchor who used the phrase . It has apologized to Jeremy Lin and to the Asian -American community .
NEW : ` ` I do n't think it was on purpose , '' Lin says . 'It's just that the way we're used to seeing them is not what they look like in real life. " The network suspended an anchor who used the phrase . It has apologized to Jeremy Lin and to the Asian -American community .