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Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Tells Girlfriend: Don't bring Black People to My Games

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votemout said:
I dont care if he is racist or not,
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We get this.
I am tired of racism is only committed by white people. BS.
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And you'll be the first to let us know when it goes the other way.
Please start your own OP's on black racism today such as this owner.
If we are going to have the racism 24/7/365 be honest and show both sides of it.
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Please show us other racism, instead of being an apologist for militant right-wing racism.
As well as you saying IF Obama was "elected".
But I am not blinded to what is going on not one bit.
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180 degrees off of what the truth is by your posting .
 
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Mason66 said:
I don't care what he said.
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Obviously, that's why you're posting.
It doesn't affect me or anybody else in this world.
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You are not in the world of the NBA so you don't know what you're talking about.
Why would it posible matter to anybody what he said to his girlfriend in a private conversation?
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Why do tapes like these matter in the Real world, like the 47% tape?
Do you loose sleep at night because he doesn't want his girlfriend bringing other men to his game?
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And then you finish with your usual bush league cheap shot.
How do you know it was a man?
I saw a Black woman sitting near his mixed-race girlfriend .
 
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NIMBY said:
Obviously, that's why you're posting.

You are not in the world of the NBA so you don't know what you're talking about.

Why do tapes like these matter in the Real world, like the 47% tape?

And then you finish with your usual bush league cheap shot.
How do you know it was a man?
I saw a Black woman sitting near his mixed-race girlfriend .
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Do you ever comment on the OP or just other posters?

This mans comments don't affect anybody in the NBA either. The conversation was between he and his girlfriend.

I think the NBA will be just fine.
 
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Yo Maggie--Imagine if this kind of technology would have been around for Jefferson and Sally Hemmings.
MaggieD said:
How did this information get out? I'm so sick and tired of this ****.
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Hopefully these racists in our race will stop already so we don't have to be so sick and tired of this **** any more .
 
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All of my commens have been about the owner and who he was talking to on tape, the OP.
All of yours have been deflections and excuses for his racist comments, but you have much company .
Mason66 said:
Do you ever comment on the OP or just other posters?

This mans comments don't affect anybody in the NBA either. The conversation was between he and his girlfriend.

I think the NBA will be just fine.
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Against Obama from you and your ilk--right again .
votemout said:
you and me both maggie. its been almost daily for 6 frickin years!
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Goshin said:
This is between him and his girlfriend, far as I'm concerned. :shrug:
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Exactly.

We don't know the context, the history or anything.

Maybe this guy is pathetically racist or stupid or both.

But I am not going to condemn whoever this guy is solely on the basis of private conversations between him and his girlfriend (who is apparently mixed 'race').
 
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Goshin said:
This is between him and his girlfriend, far as I'm concerned.
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:shrug:
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While I find Mr. Sterling's comments disgusting I continue to support everyone's first Amendment right to say what they want to say and others right to drag them over the coals for whatever they say.




[I]"The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen." [/I]~ Tommy Smothers
 
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Ray410 said:
I thought the endless Bundy threads might have temporarily satisfied the Left's insatiable quest to play "FIND A WHITE RACIST!" Apparently not.

Important to keep in mind that there are just as many racists of every nationality in the United States and around the world.
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Well at least this one is a Democrat lol
 
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shrubnose said:
Donald Sterling, the owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, told his girlfriend not to post pictures on Instagram of herself with black people and not to bring black people to his basketball games, according to an audio recording posted by TMZ.

Read more here: http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2014/04/26/3431213/clippers-owner-donald-sterling-tells-girlfriend-dont-bring-black-people-to-my-games/


I don't go to basketball games and I don't watch them on TV, but I know that a lot of black people play and are interested in basketball, so I am a little surprised that Mr. Sterling, whose girlfriend is half- black and half-Mexican, would say this.

It will be interesting to see what the NBA has to say about this.
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I don't know who any of these people are or why I should care.
 
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votemout said:
Time to boycott the NBA obviously it is very racist! Do not support it by buying the products! Do not watch the games live or on the TV.

Stop the racism! I knew this 15 years ago when i stopped watching it!
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I guess since I've never seen an NBA game in my life I'm part of your boycott default :p
 
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Jerry said:
I don't know who any of these people are or why I should care.
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Thank you for your comment.
 
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Hatuey said:
Taking his team away for racist comments would be like taking Jesse Jackson's church away for his comments on Jews. It won't happen and it's mighty unrealistic. Not to mention completely in violation of his constitutional rights.
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no it wouldn't do anything to his Constitutional rights. No it isn't like taking away Jackson's church.
 
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Jerry said:
I don't know who any of these people are or why I should care.
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and yet you felt compelled to post....so why do you care?
 
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Jerry said:
I don't know who any of these people are or why I should care.
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A lot of Americans waste a lot of time watching people trying to put a round ball through a hoop so you should waste some of your time with them.
 
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shrubnose said:
A lot of Americans waste a lot of time watching people trying to put a round ball through a hoop so you should waste some of your time with them.
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Hey, lots of Euros watch people try to kick a ball through a garage door so don't judge. :2razz:
 
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Sababa said:
and yet you felt compelled to post....so why do you care?
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I care about debate enough to express that I don't care about what a sport team owner has to say about anything because his words and opinions are of no consiquence in the real world.
 
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Kobie said:
Hey, lots of Euros watch people try to kick a ball through a garage door so don't judge.
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 :2razz:e, \
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True, but the game of soccer wasn't designed to exclude players of normal height.
 
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shrubnose said:
True, but the game of soccer wasn't designed to exclude players of normal height.
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Neither is basketball. There are many players in the Hall of Fame who are six feet tall or less, and many more who have made a huge impact on the game.

Yes, height helps. But it's not the be all and end all. There are plenty of players of below-average height (even for normal humans) who have had terrific careers; there are plenty of 7-foot plus people who sucked ass in the NBA.
 
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The huge majority of players in the NBA is black and this is a violation of my civil rights. Players MUST be chosen based on their race, not their merits. This also applies to the NFL. I pray our beloved half white, half black bans both sports immediately in the name of modern day justice.

Wee Koo
 
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Hatuey said:
Taking his team away for racist comments would be like taking Jesse Jackson's church away for his comments on Jews. It won't happen and it's mighty unrealistic. Not to mention completely in violation of his constitutional rights.
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The league is a private business assosciation and can set their own standards for membership. Taking away his property would be unconstitutional. Simply not allowing him, or by extension, his team to participate in league events is permissible.

That aside, I dont think they are going to flip out on him. They may censure him- perhaps even ban him from appearing at games (if he even goes anyways- a certain number of owners have little interest in sports).

But... I doubt they are going to try to ban him. At the end of the day, this is an isolated comment made in an apparently private conversation by an elderly person. I think it will end as that.
 
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Cryptic said:
The league is a private business assosciation and can set their own standards for membership. Taking away his property would be unconstitutional. Simply not allowing him, or by extension, his team to participate in league events is permissible.

That aside, I dont think they are going to flip out on him. They may censure him- perhaps even ban him from appearing at games (if he even goes anyways- a certain number of owners have little interest in sports).

But... I doubt they are going to try to ban him. At the end of the day, this is an isolated comment made in an apparently private conversation by an elderly person. I think it will end as that.
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Nobody, and I mean nobody, is asking for the government to take away his team. Constitutionality doesn't enter the picture in any way. You are correct regarding the NBA and its standards for ownership, and that entity is the only one that can sanction Sterling in any fashion.

Sterling goes to games quite often. His bloated carcass sits courtside, ignoring the action on the hardwood in favor of finding action for his hard wood.
 
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Think this is going to happen?

A May 15 banquet for the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People just became a lot more intriguing. The group is planning to honor Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling with a lifetime achievement award. This is the 100th anniversary of the L.A. chapter.

But in light of racist comments attributed to Sterling on a recording that surfaced on the TMZ website, the banquet plans might be changing.

L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti is also scheduled to be honored with a Person of the Year Award, as is the Rev. Al Sharpton. But, Yusef Robb, the mayor’s spokesman, told the Los Angeles Times on Saturday, “In light of recent events, we will be discussing the event with the Los Angeles NAACP.”
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Donald Sterling scheduled to receive NAACP award amid controversy | For The Win

Talk about lousy timing. Lordy.
 
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