Donald Sterling passes out Racist comments
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is in hot water this week following the leak of an Audio Recording in which he allegedly tells his girlfriend V. Stivianon not to bring black people to his team's basketball games.
It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. Do you have to? A man thought to be Sterling says during what is believed to be a recorded telephone call. You can sleep with [black people]. You can bring them in; you can do whatever you want. The little I ask you is not to promote it on that and not to bring them to my games the shocking audio clip has rocked athletes, fans, politicians, and the National Basketball Association itself, which called the recording disturbing and offensive in a statement on Saturday.
Sterling himself has yet to respond to the allegations. NBA spokesman Mike Bass assured that his league is currently in the process of investigating the recording to determine whether the voices heard on tape are actually Sterling and Stivianon. But to many who've heard it, no more proof is needed. When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything. You just let them talk, US President Barck Obama said, when asked to respond to the Sterling controversy.
The United States continues to wrestle with the legacy of race and slavery and segregation, that's still there, the vestiges of discrimination, he said. Calling the comments appalling, Miami Heat star LeBron James asked NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to take swift action against the Clippers' owner, saying, they have to do something very fast before this really gets out of hand there is no room for Donald Sterling in our league. Likewise, L.A. Lakers Hall of Famer Magic Johnson (who was mentioned explicitly by the voice said to be Sterling's during the racist rant) has publicly declared he will no longer attend Clippers games as long as Sterling is owner.
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is in hot water this week following the leak of an Audio Recording in which he allegedly tells his girlfriend V. Stivianon not to bring black people to his team's basketball games.
It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. Do you have to? A man thought to be Sterling says during what is believed to be a recorded telephone call. You can sleep with [black people]. You can bring them in; you can do whatever you want. The little I ask you is not to promote it on that and not to bring them to my games the shocking audio clip has rocked athletes, fans, politicians, and the National Basketball Association itself, which called the recording disturbing and offensive in a statement on Saturday.
Sterling himself has yet to respond to the allegations. NBA spokesman Mike Bass assured that his league is currently in the process of investigating the recording to determine whether the voices heard on tape are actually Sterling and Stivianon. But to many who've heard it, no more proof is needed. When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything. You just let them talk, US President Barck Obama said, when asked to respond to the Sterling controversy.
The United States continues to wrestle with the legacy of race and slavery and segregation, that's still there, the vestiges of discrimination, he said. Calling the comments appalling, Miami Heat star LeBron James asked NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to take swift action against the Clippers' owner, saying, they have to do something very fast before this really gets out of hand there is no room for Donald Sterling in our league. Likewise, L.A. Lakers Hall of Famer Magic Johnson (who was mentioned explicitly by the voice said to be Sterling's during the racist rant) has publicly declared he will no longer attend Clippers games as long as Sterling is owner.