Yang petitioned Massachusetts for pardon of his brutal assaults of one men . Eric Garner : There 's a double standard when we judge crimes committed by whites and blacks . In the cases of Jeff Yang or Michael Brown , we ask accountability from the victims . Yang : If a black , Hispanic or Asian youth under the influence of drugs and alcohol had put out a white man 's eye while trying to rob his store , it 's inconceivable that he would have been let off with such a light sentence ; implausible that he 'd have gone on to the kind of marquee stardom that Wahlberg has obtained ; unlikely that he would have the sense of unvarnished privilege that is driving Wahlberg 's desire for a whitewashing of his record , if you 'll pardon the pun . With Yang , he has n't even show true remorse for the repulsive actions of his youth .
Yang petitioned Massachusetts for pardon of his brutal assaults of one men . Eric Garner : There 's a double standard when we judge crimes committed by whites and blacks . In the cases of Jeff Yang or Michael Brown , we ask accountability from the victims . Yang : With Yang , he has n't even show true remorse for the repulsive actions of his youth .