Leaked audio of Donald Sterling telling his girlfriend "Don't bring black people to my games"

[frankmatthews]

My mindset is realistic.

Your mindset is why you'll never truly ever enact or be apart of change cuz your naive and your methods are farfetched and wait for it…… unrealistic.

Son the playoffs were already underway. Explain to me what your way accomplishes other than a gross overreaction? You really thinking doing all that will actually stem the tide of racism? Will it be "over" when it's done your way?

Don't apply none of that sneaker **** to me. Keep it 100. Explain to me what happens after we do what you think is right? Cuz your approach is on some Senator McCarthy red scare steez. You'd think by now ppl would've learned from it but nope they still think they can control what other ppl think.

Like you really think your way leads to racism being over? or just in the NBA?

Smarten up fam

Honestly, you have made some very astute points here. The fact of the matter is that they were just comments and to really think you are going to hurt this billionaire or punish him in any kind of way for these comments is wishful thinking. As I said earlier though, this is bigger than the comments themselves or who feels offended by them. The implication of his comments are that as a billionaire business owner, political donor and member of the moneyed elite, he practices discrimination. He does not judge people on their merits but on their skin color.

I understand your points, a boycott is not necessarily realistic in terms of what you are trying to accomplish with it but the alternative is what? Ignore it? If a majority of NBA owners went on record with those same feelings would it make a difference then? Would you want something to be done then? How can the minorities facing housing discrimination just forget about it. How can his minority corporate employees, if he has any, just ignore the fact he doesn't want them in the skybox let alone the C-Suite? Multiply that by his rich friends who instigated this nonsense. Multiply that every time we hear about rich folks denigrating minorities.

 

[lnw malandro]

 [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.

+1

 

[aNYone]

 

[ghettofabolous337]

After reading & watching clips for a few days I feel like this

Money...it's all about money

Sterling was allowed to be a nba owner for 30 + yrs w/ his views & all of this is happening because the nba would be set to lose multimillions potential billions being associated w/ a racist bigot this isn't about doing the "right" thing..i got more rustled over the "blk people attract vermin" comment than this convo w/ his jumpoff...as a black man I would have prefer the players to sit out game 4 & sit out as long as sterling is owner of the clippers; yes the tickets were sold yes sterling made his money but that would've sent a bigger message instead of waiting for silver to ban dude...as of 4/28/14 sterling still owns the clippers last I checked

& when is this owner vote supposed to happen & will the percentage be made public? If its not 100% I wanna know who either share his views or put $$ before my people...a problem either way

 

[v3nomenon]

Have any of you ever said anything regretful while inebriated in your own home among people you trust?  Donald Sterling did and it cost him $2.5 million dollars and his franchise.

I'm not saying this guy isn't a terrible person.  He is clearly racist based on this recording.  However, I think people forget that people of Sterling's age grew up under much different circumstances.  They grew up in a time of segregation.  I'm not trying to make excuses for him, I'm just pointing out a fact I feel like many people don't even consider.  

I believe racism = ignorance.  I don't think you can JUDGE anyone based off of their appearance.  Everyone has my respect until they do something to compromise it.  I feel like you can learn something from anyone regardless of their age, race, or social status.  I am 22 years old though, not 80.  

I agree that there is no room for racism in our society today, however I feel it is unfair to take this level of action against a man who did not publicize his views.  He spoke his views in the privacy of his own while he was clearly inebriated and provoked.  His crazy wife bated him into the voicing his views while she had the recording going.  If he was publicly making comments of this nature then I fully agree and understand the penalty.

I do understand that Adam Silver had to take this action.  The uproar of players, coaches, and executives demanded this action.  However, I don't know if the wrongdoing deserved this level of punishment.

What he said was terrible, but you would think he murdered someone or raped a woman judging by the punishment.  The saddest part is that if he was charged with a sexual assault or something of that nature we probably would not have even heard about it and he probably would have faced a marginal fine.

 

[HEATHEN]

He wasn't inebriated, get outta here with that. Just speculation by Sterling apologists at this point.


He said what he said, the punishment was levied.

#DealWithIt


Also, this isn't the first time he has said ugly, bigoted commentary, so all that "oh it was in his own home" "oh he might've been drunk" "oh come one we've all said things we regret later" "oh he was baited" nonsense can kick rocks. It was about damned time his history caught up with him. The punishment levied reflected not only the commentary made in the recording, but the history of bigoted comments Donald Sterling has made. And not only comments, do you even know about the racist, discriminative housing policies he had in place for decades in Los Angeles?


I'm appalled that people are even giving such arguments credence in the first place. And BTW, it wasn't his wife who recorded the tirade it was Stiviano. Get your facts straight. All you damned apologists, none of you did your homework.

 

[Brownstone]

this chick's mental state/life story doesn't really matter....

Of course it does.

 

[frankmatthews]

Have any of you ever said anything regretful while inebriated in your own home among people you trust?  Donald Sterling did and it cost him $2.5 million dollars and his franchise.

I'm not saying this guy isn't a terrible person.  He is clearly racist based on this recording.  However, I think people forget that people of Sterling's age grew up under much different circumstances.  They grew up in a time of segregation.  I'm not trying to make excuses for him, I'm just pointing out a fact I feel like many people don't even consider.  

I believe racism = ignorance.  I don't think you can JUDGE anyone based off of their appearance.  Everyone has my respect until they do something to compromise it.  I feel like you can learn something from anyone regardless of their age, race, or social status.  I am 22 years old though, not 80.  

I agree that there is no room for racism in our society today, however I feel it is unfair to take this level of action against a man who did not publicize his views.  He spoke his views in the privacy of his own while he was clearly inebriated and provoked.  His crazy wife bated him into the voicing his views while she had the recording going.  If he was publicly making comments of this nature then I fully agree and understand the penalty.

I do understand that Adam Silver had to take this action.  The uproar of players, coaches, and executives demanded this action.  However, I don't know if the wrongdoing deserved this level of punishment.

What he said was terrible, but you would think he murdered someone or raped a woman judging by the punishment.  The saddest part is that if he was charged with a sexual assault or something of that nature we probably would not have even heard about it and he probably would have faced a marginal fine.

when are u people going to understand that the big deal is not the comments its the fact hes gone his whole life harboring ignorant feelings that have affected peoples lives and that he himself describes that as a culture amongst people like him which means it affects even more lives.

On the same token every black person over 65 was likely called n$&**! by everyone from their school teacher to the policeman but somehow if al sharpton made those comments about whites I doubt you'd be so willing to write it off as him being drom a different era.

 

[HEATHEN]

Eat this apologists.

By Bomani Jones
Special to Page 2

There was a time when Donald Sterling was a joke. His Los Angeles Clippers got all the laughs, but he got all the credit. Sterling was the absent mind behind the NBA's longest-running vaudeville revue, his stinginess serving as the fuel behind the rust standard for ineptitude.

He was condemned with ridicule for coldly running a losing basketball team, a sin deemed unforgivable by most. Sterling was a skinflint, so despicable that you couldn't help but wonder if the man who makes most of his money from real estate was only concerned with building a dream home in the most famous tropical enclave of them all: hell.

Donald Sterling
Kirby Lee/WireImage
What Donald Sterling's doing now is no laughing matter.
Now, Sterling signs free agents and signs his best players to extensions. Maybe he's OK after all?

Or, maybe not.

Sterling was sued by the Department of Justice on Monday for housing discrimination. Though Sterling has no problem paying black people millions of dollars to play basketball, the feds allege that he refused to rent apartments in Beverly Hills and Koreatown to black people and people with children.

Talk about strange. A man notoriously concerned with profit maximization refuses to take money from those willing to shell it out to live in the most overrated, overpriced neighborhood in Southern California? That same man, who gives black men tens of millions of dollars every year, refuses to take a few thousand a month from folks who would like to crash in one of his buildings for a while? You gotta love racism, the only force in the world powerful enough to interfere with money-making.

Sterling may have been a joke, but nothing about this is funny. In fact, it's frightening and disturbing that classic racism like this might still be in play.

What's even more disturbing? Sterling was sued for housing discrimination by 19 plaintiffs in 2003, according to The Associated Press. In this case, Sterling was accused of trying to drive blacks and Latinos out of buildings he owned in Koreatown. In November, Sterling was ordered to pay a massive settlement in that case. Terms were not disclosed, but the presiding judge said this was "one of the largest" settlements ever in this sort of matter. The tip of the iceberg: Sterling had to play $5 million just for the plaintiffs' attorney fees.

And the coup de grace? Neither that case, nor the more recent one, has qualified as big news.

The tragedy of Maurice Clarett is big news. So are the legal adventures of the Cincinnati Bengals, Rhett Bomar's inability to recognize that not all money is good money, Floyd Landis' daily excuse, and teenager Michelle Wie's being too nervous to tell a grown man she would no longer pay him to carry her stuff around a golf course.

But Donald Sterling's refusing to offer housing to blacks and Latinos? Must not have that sizzle.

On the section of the Los Angeles Times Web site dedicated to the Clippers, the lawsuit against Sterling can be found only on the AP news wire. On ESPN.com, it takes a few clicks to find the story.

And people think issues about race are lightning rods? Not quite.

Nearly two decades ago, former Dodgers general manager Al Campanis lost his job after rambling on "Nightline" that blacks lacked "the necessities" required of a field or general manager. Nine months after Campanis' faux pas, Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder was fired from CBS's "The NFL Today" after his comments as an armchair geneticist. Though he had no Punnett squares to back his claims, Snyder shared with a reporter his theory that blacks' perceived athletic superiority was a byproduct of breeding experiments administered by slave owners.

Both stories were huge news, and both Campanis and Snyder were fired for their statements. To this day, both gentlemen are held up as proof that racism and sports don't mix.

If only that were true. The reality is that Campanis' firing fell in line with a larger axiom -- stupidity is a fireable offense. Snyder's dismissal proved something more complex. Coming on television visibly intoxicated is frowned upon, as are references to slavery, but neither is too severe. Do both at the same time, however, and you'll be looking for work.

Campanis and Snyder were guilty of talking too much on national television. Each said something problematic, but neither said anything particularly evil. Black people are too stupid to manage a baseball team? Sounds like something one of my old math teachers would say. Football players are the progeny of uber-slaves? Sounds like what it was -- sauced-up banter.

But black people aren't welcome on Donald Sterling's property? That's really jacked up.

Discrimination in the housing market has been crippling to the attempts blacks and Latinos have made to empower themselves economically. The worst examples are in the sales market -- there's a wealth of urban economic evidence showing how the inability to buy homes has affected the black-white wealth gap -- but such behavior in the rental market is just as damaging. Consider that, frequently, moving to a fancy neighborhood like Beverly Hills provides the best chance a family has at placing its children in decent schools, something we all can agree is pretty important.

People tend to think of the more annoying manifestations of racism, like how hard it can be for non-white people to get cabs in New York. But in the grand scheme, stuff like that is trivial. What Sterling is accused of is as real as penitentiary steel.

But for some reason, that hasn't qualified as big news in most places.

Sterling deserves to be raked over the coals for this. Judgment should be reserved on the suit the Department of Justice filed until a verdict or settlement has been reached. But he's already paid millions in the face of similar allegations.

It's not Sterling's job to bring attention to his ethical transgressions. That's the job of the media. And as it relates to Sterling, we have dropped the ball.

In American sports, issues of race are unavoidable. But when we turn our attention to those issues, we tend to do so in discussion of sensational topics. And we do so with little more than passing interest.

We're more concerned with people saying stupid things, transgressions that even undeniable racists could criticize. People from every walk of life are entitled to slam someone for talking too much.

In Sterling's case, we're confronted with racism in its most problematic form. And up until now, we've said very little. Many of us lent thousands of words to lambaste the Vikings' stripper party last season, but we've been silent on this?

That doesn't mean we should campaign for Sterling to lose his team. But we should wonder what David Stern thinks of there being an owner in his league who seems to have some disturbing views about most of his players. We should ask Sterling what he thinks of his players.

More than just talking about racism and debating whether it exists in a few situations, we should attack it directly, especially when it's so destructive and glaring.

It was fun to laugh at Donald Sterling when he was a joke. Now that we know what he's up to when he's being serious, he deserves a lot more attention.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jones/060810


Article was from 2006, Bomani BEEN talking about this cat. Sterling has committed egregious act after egregious act, made bigoted comment after bigoted comment. The time was nigh for karma to catch up.


**** Donald Sterling and everything he stands for.

 

[jumpman247]

Are you guys in favor of a name change?

 

[trueprada]

 

[ballahb]

Are you guys in favor of a name change?

If they stay in LA no. If they move to another city, yes

 

[miamiboy]

View media item 945948

Is that him in disguise?!!!

 

[meek meals]

 Is that him in disguise?!!!

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[bravelude]

 
I am sure this has been posted, but this chick has issues. Severe ones.

she has more gum to teeth ratio

 

[Mark Antony]

 
[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.

+1

I'm not +1 this though valid. I'm sure he knew as well prior to this instance, did he make a stand at any point? If not, get off the soapbox.

 

[HEATHEN]

wow, that really do look like him in drag tho. wow.

 

[bilboshmangins]

y'all don't know who penny marshall is?

og clips fan.

 

[miamiboy]

y'all don't know who penny marshall is?

og clips fan.

just googled her and yeah thats her lmao

 

[Mark Antony]

And you're a cynical fool chasing an "I must be heard" high if you're a Sterling apologist. Sit down, shut the **** up, put your talents to better use.

 

[bradnsu]

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[digital022]

Yall talking about that broad is the worst, **** she won.

Only reason this situation jumped off is because his jealous wife didn't like that he was taking this broad out in public and tricked off 2 million in gifts to her.

The wife sued because the 2 million he willing gave to her because it was "her" money too because all his money is "theirs" or community property.

She didn't have the funds liquid to fight that legal battle and then Donald T publicly backed his wife when he KNEW damn well he willingly gave that broad that money.

He put her in a corner and she played the only card she had.

She put herself in this situation.

Sterling is 50 years older than her, rich (obviously), and married. She is nothing but a gold digger.

She may have gone all in and won this hand, but she is quickly going to lose her chip stack.

This girl is good for nothing but sucking d. She will never be able to find another rich dude that will trust her.

Now what?

She played herself.

 

[superb]

 
She put herself in this situation.

Sterling is 50 years older than her, rich (obviously), and married. She is nothing but a gold digger.

She may have gone all in and won this hand, but she is quickly going to lose her chip stack.

This girl is good for nothing but sucking d. She will never be able to find another rich dude that will trust her.

Now what?

She played herself.

Actually she was on the board of directors before she met sterling so she had money

 

[HEATHEN]

Actually she was on the board of directors before she met sterling so she had money

LMFAO board of what directors? The one in his pants?


Or the alleged director of his charitable foundation, yet upon review of tax documents, she had no official role with the foundation.


http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20140429/who-is-v-stiviano


And how could she be on the board of directors BEFORE she met Sterling if the board you're referring to is the one for his charitable foundation? Again the very same one that she wasn't actually the director of, nor had any role in.


All you do is speak fallacies. Just stop spreading misinformation.

 

[SneakerProSr.]

 
[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.

+1

I'm not +1 this though valid. I'm sure he knew as well prior to this instance, did he make a stand at any point? If not, get off the soapbox.

Yall talking about that broad is the worst, **** she won.


Only reason this situation jumped off is because his jealous wife didn't like that he was taking this broad out in public and tricked off 2 million in gifts to her.


The wife sued because the 2 million he willing gave to her because it was "her" money too because all his money is "theirs" or community property.


She didn't have the funds liquid to fight that legal battle and then Donald T publicly backed his wife when he KNEW damn well he willingly gave that broad that money.


He put her in a corner and she played the only card she had.

She put herself in this situation.

Sterling is 50 years older than her, rich (obviously), and married. She is nothing but a gold digger.

She may have gone all in and won this hand, but she is quickly going to lose her chip stack.

This girl is good for nothing but sucking d. She will never be able to find another rich dude that will trust her.

Now what?

She played herself.

After the book and talk show circuit she should pocket 4 or 5 million.

She ain't work for none of this ****.