Fight Club Case Study
Part E:
1.) What is the general manager's name and which country was he born in?
Rich Cho. He was born in Burma.
2.) How did his career in the NBA begin with the Sonics? That is, what did he do to get his foot in the door in the NBA?
He wrote letters to NBA teams. The Sonics decided to give him a chance because they said his was the best letter they had ever read.
3.) What is his specific relationship to somebody in this sociology class?
He is your older brother.
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4.) What happened to him in Portland?
Rich Cho was fired without warning from his job as GM of the Portland Trail Blazers. Apparently, he was fired because the owner, Paul Allen, did not make a personal connection with him. However, he was only GM for ten months, …show more content…
When the Chos were living there, the military junta was taking over. Alan Cho was working as a journalist and his newspaper was critical of the new regime. He was seeing his colleges imprisoned and tortured. Furthermore, most families who voiced political views were imprisoned or just disappeared.
8.) What were they allowed by the Burmese government to bring to the U.S.? $200 and a small suitcase of clothes.
9.) In Federal Way, what job did my dad, Alan Cho, have? He as the night shift manager at a 7-Eleven.
Part F:
1.) In terms of race/ethnicity and the NBA, what is significant about Coach Canales?
He was the first Mexican-American coach in the history of the NBA. He was also one of the few coaches to have Latin American roots.
2.) What was Kaleb's first job in the NBA and how did he get his foot in the door to get that job?
He worked as a video intern for the Blazers in 2004, while he was working on his Master’s Degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. He got the job by writing the general manager at the time, Kevin Pritchard, a letter asking for an internship that would count for credit towards his Master’s. He wanted to “knock down the door” with his letter.
Part G:
1.) Watch this video at the top of the article and read the article and then provide a 2-paragraph reaction to
1.) What is the general manager's name and which country was he born in?
Rich Cho. He was born in Burma.
2.) How did his career in the NBA begin with the Sonics? That is, what did he do to get his foot in the door in the NBA?
He wrote letters to NBA teams. The Sonics decided to give him a chance because they said his was the best letter they had ever read.
3.) What is his specific relationship to somebody in this sociology class?
He is your older brother.
New article
4.) What happened to him in Portland?
Rich Cho was fired without warning from his job as GM of the Portland Trail Blazers. Apparently, he was fired because the owner, Paul Allen, did not make a personal connection with him. However, he was only GM for ten months, …show more content…
When the Chos were living there, the military junta was taking over. Alan Cho was working as a journalist and his newspaper was critical of the new regime. He was seeing his colleges imprisoned and tortured. Furthermore, most families who voiced political views were imprisoned or just disappeared.
8.) What were they allowed by the Burmese government to bring to the U.S.? $200 and a small suitcase of clothes.
9.) In Federal Way, what job did my dad, Alan Cho, have? He as the night shift manager at a 7-Eleven.
Part F:
1.) In terms of race/ethnicity and the NBA, what is significant about Coach Canales?
He was the first Mexican-American coach in the history of the NBA. He was also one of the few coaches to have Latin American roots.
2.) What was Kaleb's first job in the NBA and how did he get his foot in the door to get that job?
He worked as a video intern for the Blazers in 2004, while he was working on his Master’s Degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. He got the job by writing the general manager at the time, Kevin Pritchard, a letter asking for an internship that would count for credit towards his Master’s. He wanted to “knock down the door” with his letter.
Part G:
1.) Watch this video at the top of the article and read the article and then provide a 2-paragraph reaction to