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| In 2006, Bomani Jones wrote a piece for ESPN.com with the headline, "Sterling's racism should be news." At the time, Sterling was sued by the Department of Justice for allegedly refusing to rent apartments in Beverly Hills and Koreatown to black people. He paid $2.73 million to settle that suit in 2009, a lawsuit which quoted Sterling as saying, in sworn testimony mind you, "Hispanics smoke, drink and just hang around the building," adding, "Black tenants smell and attract vermin." Behind the scenes, dozens of NBA players, coaches, and executives have alleged racism from Sterling in their interactions with the Clippers owner. |
| Project Veritas James O'Keefe Have you been following the media response to the vile and reprehensible comments made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling? According to Grantland.com, he was ‘James O’Keefe’d’. Of course, the big difference is that we follow the law.... One thing struck us, however. When the media gets a story based on a hidden-microphone recording that fits their narrative, they run with it, no questions asked. By all accounts, Donald Sterling is a bad guy. In this case, however, the recording most likely broke the consent requirement of California law and involved pillow talk. But based on how the media is reporting this story, illegal recordings are okay and pillow-talk is on-the-record – as long as they agree with who’s being targeted. But as we’ve seen with the media response to our Project Veritas investigations, when legal hidden-camera recordings expose corruption on public officials in government, the media attacks the messenger, not the corruption that was exposed. |
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President Barack Obama, asked to respond at a news conference with Malaysia's prime minister during Obama's visit to the country Sunday, called the reported remarks "incredibly offensive racist statements." "I don't think I have to interpret those statements for you, they kind of speak for themselves," Obama said. "When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything. You just let them talk. And that's what happened here." Obama also expressed confidence the NBA would address the situation, and said the United States still wrestles with "the legacy of race and slavery and segregation." "Obviously, the NBA is a league that is beloved by fans all across the country," Obama said. "It's got an awful lot of African-American players. It's steeped in African-American culture. And, I suspect that the NBA is going to be deeply concerned in resolving this." --Fox News |
| Donald Tokowitz (legally added Sterling as his last name as an adult) was born in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. He and his family moved to the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles when he was two years old. His parents, Susan and Mickey, were Jewish immigrants. --Wikipedia: Donald Sterling |
| The
recording that surfaced Saturday identified Sterling as the man heard
demanding that his girlfriend — reported by TMZ to be V. Stiviano, who
is of black and Mexican descent -- FoxNews |
| In February 2009, Sterling was sued by former longtime Clippers executive Elgin Baylor for employment discrimination on the basis of age and race. The lawsuit alleges Sterling told Baylor that he wanted to fill his team with "poor black boys from the South and a white head coach". The suit alleges that during negotiations for Danny Manning, Sterling said "I'm offering a lot of money for a poor black kid." The suit noted those comments while alleging "the Caucasian head coach was given a four-year, $22-million contract", but Baylor's salary had "been frozen at a comparatively paltry $350,000 since 2003". Wikipedia: Donald Sterling |
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