Donald Sterling, a long
time owner of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA basketball team allegedly made racial
comments regarding African Americans.
The owner, Sterling, supposedly told a female friend of his to avoid
being seen with black people in public.
An audio recording was released to TMZ and the voice was recognized as being
Sterling. Much of the people in the NBA
reacted to his negative comments, along with the majority of the players of the
NBA, the majority of which who are African American, were disgusted by his
comments.
NBA basketball star
Lebron James of the Miami Heat released a statement about Sterling shortly
after Sterling was identified as supposedly saying his racist comments. James said that there was “no room for
Sterling” on the NBA league. Magic
Johnson, a former star basketball player also made a tweet about Sterling and
said he would not attend a Clippers game as long as Sterling stayed the
owner. The NBA soon released a statement
that they would look further into this case and the alleged comments made by
Sterling.
Later on, a phone call
was released from Sterling to one of his former girlfriends that made the
racist comments. Sterling said that he
was angry that she had posted a picture on instagram with a black man and that
she should not be broadcasting all over social media that she is talking to
black people. He later says in the phone
call that she shouldn’t be broadcasting him to the whole world and states that
she shouldn’t bring him to any of his basketball games. He later says that it bothers him that she
wants people to know she is affiliating herself with black people.
Sterling has had some
past with other racial related conflicts.
In 2009 he had to pay close to 3 million dollars to settle a housing conflict
where he supposedly refused to let any blacks or Latinos in an apartment
complex. Also, a clippers manager has
also suggested that Sterling has made side comments before regarding African Americans.
Obama came to later
make an announcement about Donald Sterling and what he had said over the phone. Obama said, in a press conference, that Sterlings
comments were incredibly racist. Obama
also said that when ignorant people want to make ignorant comments, you don’t have
to do anything but just let them talk.
Sterling was also
supposed to be receiving a lifetime achievement award soon. However, Sterling will no longer be receiving
this award.
"Obama:
Alleged Remarks by NBA Clippers Owner 'incredibly Offensive'" Fox News. FOX
News Network, 27 Apr. 2014. Web. 27 Apr. 2014.
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