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[h1]NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Rips BOTH SIDES in Donald Sterling ‘Scandal’[/h1]

By Top Right News on April 29, 2014 in Entertainment, Race, Sports

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by Scott Aberdeen | Top Right Sports
The NBA players, media, and grievance mongers such as Al Sharpton are up in arms over vile L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s alleged racist remarks. But NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar today said a pox on both your houses – calling out the hypocrisy behind the whole affair and presenting by far the most rounded  – and surprisingly libertarian — view thus far.
Abdul-Jabbar, in an op-ed piece in TIME attacked the collective outrage emanating from America’s media over Sterling’s aremarks to his girlfriend, calling the publication of a private conversation “sleazy” and wondering why earlier, more public manifestations of racism failed to shock those such as Al Sharpton, and the NAACP.
Abdul-Jabbar explains that we’re witnessing a veritable “finger-wagging Olympics . . . all over the latest in a long line of rich white celebrities to come out of the racist closet.”
“Yes, I’m angry, too,” Abdul-Jabbar admits, “but not just about the sins of Donald Sterling. I’ve got a list.”
That list includes Sterling’s girlfriend, V. Stiviano, whose voice is heard on the racially-loaded tape and who likely set the Clippers’ owner up.

“Man, what a winding road she led him down to get all of that out,” he mocked. “She was like a sexy nanny playing ‘pin the fried chicken on the Sambo.’ She blindfolded him and spun him around until he was just blathering all sorts of incoherent racist sound bites that had the news media peeing themselves with glee.”

And speaking of the news media? “They caught big game on a slow news day,” Abdul-Jabbar explained, “so they put his head on a pike, dubbed him Lord of the Flies, and danced around him whooping.”
The former NBA all-star, who played for the Milwaukee Bucks and L.A. Lakers from 1969 to 1989, has no sympathy for Sterling. But he is upset that everyone is acting so surprised, noting that the NBA owner has said offensive comments in the past and has been sued over both housing and employment discrimination.

The NAACP “did nothing” after Sterling was forced to pay a staggering $3 million fine for denying housing to Blacks, saying they “smell, and attract vermin,” Abdul-Jabbar noted. They were even going to present Sterling with an NAACP award on May 15th, with the Rev. Al Sharpton on hand. “Suddenly he says he doesn’t want his girlfriend posing with Magic Johnson on Instagram and we bring out the torches and rope. Shouldn’t we have all called for his resignation back then?”

Abdul-Jabbar is correct, but it is worse than that. The NAACP accepted multiple grants from the Donald T. Sterling Charitable Foundation and handed Sterling several “image awards” — despite full knowledge of his prior, massive fine for discrimination against Blacks in his slumlord housing.
Abdul-Jabbar, perhaps channeling his closet libertarianism, also blasted the fact that Sterling’s private conversation — however racist — was suddenly broadcast nationwide.

“Didn’t we just call to task the NSA for intruding into American citizen’s privacy in such an un-American way?” he asked, comparing the secret tape-recording to Mitt Romney’s embarrassing 47 percent remark, recorded without the then-candidate’s knowledge.
“The making and release of this tape is so sleazy that just listening to it makes me feel like an accomplice to the crime,” Abdul-Jabbar fumed. “We didn’t steal the cake but we’re all gorging ourselves on it.”

“So, if we’re all going to be outraged,” the former NBA star wrapped up, “let’s be outraged that we weren’t more outraged when his racism was first evident. Let’s be outraged that private conversations between people in an intimate relationship are recorded and publicly played. Let’s be outraged that whoever did the betraying will probably get a book deal, a sitcom, trade recipes with Hoda and Kathie Lee, and soon appear on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ and ‘Dancing with the Stars.’”
Brilliant.

abdul jabbar is the realest ever

would have read this if the text wasnt red gave me a headache trying to read the first sentence

its worth theheadache b

 

[senorroboto2k5]

Might as well read the original Kareem article instead of a long-*** summary of it

Moral outrage is exhausting. And dangerous. The whole country has gotten a severe case of carpal tunnel syndrome from the newest popular sport of Extreme Finger Wagging. Not to mention the neck strain from Olympic tryouts for Morally Superior Head Shaking. All over the latest in a long line of rich white celebrities to come out of the racist closet. (Was it only a couple days ago that Cliven Bundy said blacks would be better off picking cotton as slaves? And only last June Paula Deen admitted using the “N” word?)

Yes, I’m angry, too, but not just about the sins of Donald Sterling. I’ve got a list. But let’s start with Sterling. I used to work for him, back in 2000 when I coached for the Clippers for three months. He was congenial, even inviting me to his daughter’s wedding. Nothing happened or was said to indicate he suffered from IPMS (Irritable Plantation Master Syndrome). Since then, a lot has been revealed about Sterling’s business practices:

2006: U.S. Dept. of Justice sued Sterling for housing discrimination. Allegedly, he said, “Black tenants smell and attract vermin.”
2009: He reportedly paid $2.73 million in a Justice Dept. suit alleging he discriminated against blacks, Hispanics, and families with children in his rentals. (He also had to pay an additional nearly $5 million in attorneys fees and costs due to his counsel’s “sometimes outrageous conduct.”)
2009: Clippers executive (and one of the greatest NBA players in history) sued for employment discrimination based on age and race.

And now the poor guy’s girlfriend (undoubtedly ex-girlfriend now) is on tape cajoling him into revealing his racism. Man, what a winding road she led him down to get all of that out. She was like a sexy nanny playing “pin the fried chicken on the Sambo.” She blindfolded him and spun him around until he was just blathering all sorts of incoherent racist sound bites that had the news media peeing themselves with glee.

They caught big game on a slow news day, so they put his head on a pike, dubbed him Lord of the Flies, and danced around him whooping.

I don’t blame them. I’m doing some whooping right now. Racists deserve to be paraded around the modern town square of the television screen so that the rest of us who believe in the American ideals of equality can be reminded that racism is still a disease that we haven’t yet licked.

What bothers me about this whole Donald Sterling affair isn’t just his racism. I’m bothered that everyone acts as if it’s a huge surprise. Now there’s all this dramatic and very public rending of clothing about whether they should keep their expensive Clippers season tickets. Really? All this other stuff I listed above has been going on for years and this ridiculous conversation with his girlfriend is what puts you over the edge? That’s the smoking gun?

He was discriminating against black and Hispanic families for years, preventing them from getting housing. It was public record. We did nothing. Suddenly he says he doesn’t want his girlfriend posing with Magic Johnson on Instagram and we bring out the torches and rope. Shouldn’t we have all called for his resignation back then?

Shouldn’t we be equally angered by the fact that his private, intimate conversation was taped and then leaked to the media? Didn’t we just call to task the NSA for intruding into American citizen’s privacy in such an un-American way? Although the impact is similar to Mitt Romney’s comments that were secretly taped, the difference is that Romney was giving a public speech. The making and release of this tape is so sleazy that just listening to it makes me feel like an accomplice to the crime. We didn’t steal the cake but we’re all gorging ourselves on it.

Make no mistake: Donald Sterling is the villain of this story. But he’s just a handmaiden to the bigger evil. In our quest for social justice, we shouldn’t lose sight that racism is the true enemy. He’s just another jerk with more money than brains.

So, if we’re all going to be outraged, let’s be outraged that we weren’t more outraged when his racism was first evident. Let’s be outraged that private conversations between people in an intimate relationship are recorded and publicly played. Let’s be outraged that whoever did the betraying will probably get a book deal, a sitcom, trade recipes with Hoda and Kathie Lee, and soon appear on Celebrity Apprentice and Dancing with the Stars.

The big question is “What should be done next?” I hope Sterling loses his franchise. I hope whoever made this illegal tape is sent to prison. I hope the Clippers continue to be unconditionally supported by their fans. I hope the Clippers realize that the ramblings of an 80-year-old man jealous of his young girlfriend don’t define who they are as individual players or as a team. They aren’t playing for Sterling—they’re playing for themselves, for the fans, for showing the world that neither basketball, nor our American ideals, are defined by a few pathetic men or women.

Let’s use this tawdry incident to remind ourselves of the old saying: “Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.” Instead of being content to punish Sterling and go back to sleep, we need to be inspired to vigilantly seek out, expose, and eliminate racism at its first signs.

 

[everysingletime]

Ohhhh the HORRIBLE injustice that a gold digger recorded a conversation, oh how absolutely HORRIBLE! How will America ever be the same???

Why aren't we focusing on this HORRIBLE act? That's what matters! Thanks for the perspective Kareem.

It's not just that. According to Kareem, the NAACP been known about Sterling's racism but did nothing about it this whole time.

 

[teamlakers909]

would have read this if the text wasnt red

gave me a headache trying to read the first sentence

my bad:
[h1]NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Rips BOTH SIDES in Donald Sterling ‘Scandal’[/h1]
By Top Right News on April 29, 2014 in Entertainment, Race, Sports

inShare43

by Scott Aberdeen | Top Right Sports

The NBA players, media, and grievance mongers such as Al Sharpton are up in arms over vile L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s alleged racist remarks. But NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar today said a pox on both your houses  – calling out the hypocrisy behind the whole affair and presenting by far the most rounded  – and surprisingly libertarian — view thus far.

Abdul-Jabbar, in an op-ed piece in TIME attacked the collective outrage emanating from America’s media over Sterling’s aremarks to his girlfriend, calling the publication of a private conversation “sleazy” and wondering why earlier, more public manifestations of racism failed to shock those such as Al Sharpton, and the NAACP.

Abdul-Jabbar explains  that we’re witnessing a veritable “finger-wagging Olympics . . . all over the latest in a long line of rich white celebrities to come out of the racist closet.”

“Yes, I’m angry, too,” Abdul-Jabbar admits, “but not just about the sins of Donald Sterling. I’ve got a list.”

That list includes Sterling’s girlfriend, V. Stiviano, whose voice is heard on the racially-loaded tape and who likely set the Clippers’ owner up.

“Man, what a winding road she led him down to get all of that out,” he mocked. “She was like a sexy nanny playing ‘pin the fried chicken on the Sambo.’ She blindfolded him and spun him around until he was just blathering all sorts of incoherent racist sound bites that had the news media peeing themselves with glee.”

And speaking of the news media? “They caught big game on a slow news day,” Abdul-Jabbar explained, “so they put his head on a pike, dubbed him Lord of the Flies, and danced around him whooping.”

The former NBA all-star, who played for the Milwaukee Bucks and L.A. Lakers from 1969 to 1989, has no sympathy for Sterling. But he is upset that everyone is acting so surprised, noting that the NBA owner has said offensive comments in the past and has been sued over both housing and employment discrimination.

The NAACP “did nothing” after Sterling was forced to pay a staggering $3 million fine for denying housing to Blacks, saying they “smell, and attract vermin,” Abdul-Jabbar noted. They were even going to present Sterling with an NAACP award on May 15th, with the Rev. Al Sharpton on hand. “Suddenly he says he doesn’t want his girlfriend posing with Magic Johnson on Instagram and we bring out the torches and rope. Shouldn’t we have all called for his resignation back then?”

Abdul-Jabbar is correct, but it is worse than that. The NAACP accepted multiple grants from the Donald T. Sterling Charitable Foundation and handed Sterling several “image awards” — despite full knowledge of his prior, massive fine for discrimination against Blacks in his slumlord housing.

Abdul-Jabbar, perhaps channeling his closet libertarianism, also blasted the fact that Sterling’s private conversation — however racist — was suddenly broadcast nationwide.

“Didn’t we just call to task the NSA for intruding into American citizen’s privacy in such an un-American way?” he asked, comparing the secret tape-recording to Mitt Romney’s embarrassing 47 percent remark, recorded without the then-candidate’s knowledge.

“The making and release of this tape is so sleazy that just listening to it makes me feel like an accomplice to the crime,” Abdul-Jabbar fumed. “We didn’t steal the cake but we’re all gorging ourselves on it.”

“So, if we’re all going to be outraged,” the former NBA star wrapped up, “let’s be outraged that we weren’t more outraged when his racism was first evident. Let’s be outraged that private conversations between people in an intimate relationship are recorded and publicly played. Let’s be outraged that whoever did the betraying will probably get a book deal, a sitcom, trade recipes with Hoda and Kathie Lee, and soon appear on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ and ‘Dancing with the Stars.’”

Brilliant.

 

[100027]

Agree much more with the actual article than the posted summary (go figure).

I don't agree with the criticizing the woman or fretting over the tape's privacy, but his main point is clearly about society at large and it's a good one.


Seriously though there is something insidious in the fact that so many folks want to obsess over the girlfriend in this one. Like they're trying to find a way to blame her for Sterling's actions.

 

[awwsome]

View media item 945312


This dude Magic, though...
Someone needs to give Magic a lifetime ban from analyzing basketball

Magic basketball IQ during his playing days was God level too, there's no explanation for this **** man.

 

[MVP]

Was this posted already?

Brian Windhorst ‏@WindhorstESPN 3h
Kevin Durant admits Tony Allen has gotten in his head, now he's trying to get him out: http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/10856733/kevin-durant-trying-get-tony-allen-head

But y'all want to blame Russ...

 

[mitchellicious]

I would love to see the Clips in Seattle. CP3 & Blake as the new Payton & Kemp!

I still think the NBA is gonna gift them to Magic's group though.

Silver with the power moves! Would Stern have taken the same course of action?!

 

[Peep Game]

Moppy KD is a treat

Metta Artest is taking this minor roasting of himself on SN in stride, but he really is embarrassed at highlights of getting crossed and missing layups and the Steve Nash sweat towel :x

 

[do work son]

Arash Markazi ‏@ArashMarkazi · 27m
UCLA has decided to return a $425,000 gift from Sterling and reject the remainder of a $3 million pledge. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-rejects-donald-sterling-gift …

Arash Markazi ‏@ArashMarkazi · 26m
UCLA said Sterling, not the university, placed an ad in the paper, thanking him for the donation.

You know you did something bad when nobody (but lawyers, probably) even wants to take your donated money anymore.

Gets fined 2.5 million, gets his 3 million donation back.

Donald Sterling won.

 

[EddieDoyers]

Kareem is trill

 

[yeezusdisciple]

Moppy KD is a treat

Metta Artest is taking this minor roasting of himself on SN in stride, but he really is embarrassed at highlights of getting crossed and missing layups and the Steve Nash sweat towel :x

can u post the vid of him bein roasted

 

[D_eezus]

 

[suberzat1]

Donald is going to be at the game tonight or at least one of these playoff games

 

[EddieDoyers]

Donald is going to be at the game tonight or at least one of these playoff games

Nah dude he got banned

 

[do work son]

@Jonathan_Feigen: NBA told Rockets Howard's Game 4 technical for being near Freeland was rescinded, per source. Second correction involving Howard in series.

Thanks NBA!

 

[steebie j]

@Jonathan_Feigen: NBA told Rockets Howard's Game 4 technical for being near Freeland was rescinded, per source. Second correction involving Howard in series.

Thanks NBA!

Are they gonna give us the win?

If not they can shove it.

 

[dman14]

take that down, it got profanity bruh

 

[shoeking2101]

Is this the most active thread on NT?

 

[lawdog1]

Agree much more with the actual article than the posted summary (go figure).

I don't agree with the criticizing the woman or fretting over the tape's privacy, but his main point is clearly about society at large and it's a good one.


Seriously though there is something insidious in the fact that so many folks want to obsess over the girlfriend in this one. Like they're trying to find a way to blame her for Sterling's actions.

I don't feel bad at all about how this all came out. An 80 year old billionaire business man who has spent most of his life screwing other people over should know who he can and can't trust. A woman less than half his age who clearly has celebrity aspirations should not be on the "trust" list. Donald has nobody to blame but himself for being a racist a-hole and getting caught for it.

Its the world we live in that pretty much anything we do can come into the public eye. But if you're careful and surround yourself with the right people, that shouldn't happen.

Or, you could also look at is simply as Karma is a witch and DTS is getting what he deserves. No need to feel bad or "dirty" about it.

 

[goldmember]

Since they havent actually anounce who the MVP is..

Silver should win it imo

Deadsrs

 

[antidope]

Is this the most active thread on NT?

Currently yes, it had 2000 replies yesterday, 15000 last week, and 27000 in the last 30 days.

All time its not touching TAN though, its in second place with 104000 posts, but TAN has 234000

http://niketalk.com/pages/stats/top/range/1day/#threads

 

[lightweight champion]

Since they havent actually anounce who the MVP is..

Silver should win it imo

Deadsrs

Silver should get the NAACP award they were about to hand to Sterling.

 

[ill steelo]

OKC just has to find a way out of this series and they'll be fine.

There is literally nobody else in the league who puts the clamps on KD like TA. Nobody. Iggy, Kawhi, Marion, Jimmy Butler, LeBron, whoever.

If I'm a GM in the Western Conference, I'm offering every role player/fringe all-star I have in exchange for TA.

 

[ill steelo]

Arash Markazi ‏@ArashMarkazi · 27m
UCLA has decided to return a $425,000 gift from Sterling and reject the remainder of a $3 million pledge. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-rejects-donald-sterling-gift …

Arash Markazi ‏@ArashMarkazi · 26m
UCLA said Sterling, not the university, placed an ad in the paper, thanking him for the donation.

You know you did something bad when nobody (but lawyers, probably) even wants to take your donated money anymore.

Gets fined 2.5 million, gets his 3 million donation back.

Donald Sterling won.

Then he gets a billion for selling the team.

oh well.

It would be nice if LAC won the title though. Owned the team for 30 years, they finally win a title and u can't participate in any of the festivities.

He probably don't care tho, he'll still get his billion fron the sale