There. See. He said he was sorry.
The NBA got what it deserves. Sterling has been a loose canon for decades. I'm surprised it took this long for it to blow.
LOL...
I'm sure you'd prefer this...
Sorry for misstating your position. That's the way it read to me. Apologies.
His action of telling his girlfriend to not bring black people to Clipper games and his statements about handouts marginalize black people in general? We're back to my counter which is that there are alternative - non racist - interpretations of those statements and I see no reason to prefer the racist interpretation over the non-racist ones.
Further his statements didn't actually marginalize anyone. They were made in private and even if his girlfriend acted upon them, her not bringing Magic Johnson to any more Clipper games hardly marginalizes an entire race. Same with the handout statements. Whether he calls it a paycheck or a handout, paying people millions of dollars hardly marginalizes the players or their entire race, especially considering that there are whites and asians on the team as well as blacks. Or were his comments specifically about the black players on the team, in which I'd agree with you that he's attempting to marginalize.
Come now. Examine what he actually SAID..and who he said it to. He didnt say we dont want black people to come to our games, nor did he say we want to make it harder for black people to come to our games, and there is no indication he was committing racist acts with the Clippers. The NAACP was about to give him a lifetime achievement award cuz...sunovagun...dood be given out CHECKS yo.
He said he didnt want the girl he was having an affair with (a latina that turned out to be half black herself) to be seen with black guys at the Clippers games. That makes him a sleeze, and as a person someone that expressed racist ideation and maybe even an actual racist. And really...thats about it. Douchebag...maybe. Satan...nah.
No one is saying he is Satan. So spare us the apologetic strawman.
His lifetime of attempts to marginalize a minority (the heart of racism) came to light in this attempt to do so. His racism is institutionalized, it took place in his real estate business, his team and his personal life.
And on top of that, he insulted every working person by calling paychecks handouts. He spewed that crap out of a modern plantation fantasy.
No one wants to work for him.
From what I understand, he didn't ban Magic Johnson from the games, he just didn't want her to bring him. How is that racist?
'People should be watching this for a long time and understand what not to do in a television interview,'' says Steve Adubato, who teaches crisis communications at New York University.
Sterling made the classic mistake of dragging other people into a conversation that should have only been about him. An apology should be straightforward and sincere, not about what others may have done.
''The apology has to be absolutely genuine,'' says Amiso George, who teaches strategic communication at Texas Christian University Texas. ''It has to be from the heart. Not something that the person has to do.''
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