yellowboy90 wrote:How can he be racist he has a black(1/2) gf? smh. As workers for an racist owner what do you do? I am not just talking about the players but throughout the entire organization?

Racism is not black and white(Drum Roll!). Slave owners were undoubtedly racists right? Well they sometimes had sex with black women. I am no expert in this field but I would say they tolerate races. They hate black people but if they had a chance to have sex with Beyonce I think most of them would. They hate black people but if they had a chance to make money off them they would. This might be the reason why Sterling was so cheap with his team until recently. If he had to tolerate black people why not make money from it.

yellowboy90 wrote:How can he be racist he has a black(1/2) gf? smh.

Makes me think of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings, his slave/concubine who was the half-sister of his wife.

Makes me laugh when white people are all judgmental about black American fatherhood when every person I've ever met with the last name Washington or Jefferson has been black. My ancestors were "owned" by my ancestors! Bundy is talking about Black people having a better family life in slavery. My dad may not have been around but he didn't ****ing sell me.

Ugh. What a terrible situation for that organization to deal with.

Clean wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:How can he be racist he has a black(1/2) gf? smh. As workers for an racist owner what do you do? I am not just talking about the players but throughout the entire organization?

Racism is not black and white(Drum Roll!). Slave owners were undoubtedly racists right? Well they sometimes had sex with black women. I am no expert in this field but I would say they tolerate races. They hate black people but if they had a chance to have sex with Beyonce I think most of them would. They hate black people but if they had a chance to make money off them they would. This might be the reason why Sterling was so cheap with his team until recently. If he had to tolerate black people why not make money from it.

Yes, I know. I was just bringing up one of the popular outs of what some would say when called a racist.

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dk7th wrote:he's a total lowlife. but because he has a sh!t-ton of money some people on this board will say that he is a winner. just sayin'

Who will say it? Have people said that? If not you have some explaining to do.

http://www.ultimateknicks.com/forum/topic.asp?t=47384&page=4

http://www.nba.com/clippers/compass.html

Here you have in the middle column a steady stream of a PR nightmare brought to you by Sprint.

Think maybe the folks at the Sprint marketing department may have a word with Adam Silver?

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knicks1248 wrote:I feel bad for the players and coaches on the team, i wouldn't even play for that jack ass. I would demand a trade in the off season..

It would be nice if the NBA suspended Sterling from the team like MLB did to Marge Schott. I agree with Sterling's right free speech, but this is embarrassing. Mark Cuban has been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for saying things that aren't nearly as offensive. Yet no one bats a friggin' eyelash when Sterling says this crap. Sterling is a virulent racist and I would think the league's owners are embarrassed by it.

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TeamBall wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:I feel bad for the players and coaches on the team, i wouldn't even play for that jack ass. I would demand a trade in the off season..

It would be nice if the NBA suspended Sterling from the team like MLB did to Marge Schott. I agree with Sterling's right free speech, but this is embarrassing. Mark Cuban has been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for saying things that aren't nearly as offensive. Yet no one bats a friggin' eyelash when Sterling says this crap. Sterling is a virulent racist and I would think the league's owners are embarrassed by it.

Not defending Sterling at all but Cuban was usually fined for criticizing the NBA (still think that's stupid). Sterling was having what he thought was a private conversation with his very hot gf. The NBA probably will do something because of the backlash though. Anything to stop them from losing money.

I understand. But in the long run, I think few people care whether or not Mark Cuban thinks a rule sucks or if the referees are doing a bad job. Sterling's comments on the other hand are a true embarrassment to the league. I think people who aren't even fans of the NBA fans were offended by Sterling's comments.

newyorknewyork wrote:From what I got from listening to it was that he didn't want his GF to put up pictures on her social media of her with minorities(Even Magic freaking Johnson) because his associates, peers, probably family members as well, wouldn't approve of it.

He doesn't have a strong enough character to distance himself from that. Which is interesting to me as we often talk about minorities and a lot of the gang and street culture that they have trouble escaping. But never heard a billionaire talk about a specific culture that he can't escape.

The fact that its a culture of very wealthy people is even more alarming. How much influence do these raciest billionaires have in society?

I think they have all the influence on society. When I look at our political system, I don't see much of a difference in the economic plans between the two respective parties. When we vote, we vote on social issues and is why one side is completely focused on things like repealing the Voting Rights Act, Affirmative Action and the like. That'd be the one Donald Sterling votes for.

Clean wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:I'd recommend that you listen to the entire interview to understand the scope and context of his comments. This is why its irksome to hear idiots talk about how we live in a "post-racial society" and don't need things like Affirmative Action. There's a difference between your run-of-the-mill racist and a Donald Sterling. In a world where money dictates politics, men like him can really erode at the progress made in years past.

This is exactly how the Supreme Court thinks. They struck down voting rights laws and the next day a bunch of states made it harder for black people to vote.

Its unfortunate but true. Hopefully the extremist ones die of old age and we can replace them with more moderate individuals while we have a "liberal" in office. We'll still have to deal with the corporatist bull**** but at least it'd be parred down compared to the tools that represent the majority of the court.

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NardDogNation wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:How can he be racist he has a black(1/2) gf? smh. As workers for an racist owner what do you do? I am not just talking about the players but throughout the entire organization?

Because men have two heads and as a result, two minds. How many times have you slept with a chick that you knew was bad news bears because the littler head overruled the bigger head?

Ha, glad you referred to the correct anatomy. When you said the "heart wants what it wants" I was gonna respond "well, depends where it's pumping that blood to"

LOL, well said. I was just trying to be bashful and not come across as gruff with my responses. The more responses I made, the more the less I cared about being appropriate, lol.