Los Angeles, CA—80 year-old billionaire, lawyer, real estate
developer and L.A. Clippers owner, Donald Sterling was really just victimized by
felonious unlawful electronic eavesdropping of a private conversation. He made a bigoted sounding statement on that recording.
Sterling himself is no stranger to bigotry. Being Jewish has exposed this man to various
forms of discrimination his entire life. Jews are still considered the most despised
group of people that ever walked the face of this earth. Anti-Semitism is indeed ugly and no less
offensive that any other forms of intolerance.
Ironically Sterling’s ownership of the Clippers makes him
highly dependent on African-American basketball player’s personal excellence in
order to realize a profit from his substantial investment in the team. Such an investment is a sure sign that
despite something said privately in a moment of frustration shows that Sterling
actually embraces and values all the African-American players in his team.
Sterling’s offhand and illegally recorded remarks made to
this married, old geezer’s much younger former girlfriend, Vanessa Stiviano were and
are offensive.
Sterling remarked to Stiviano that he did not want her to
bring blacks to the games. Was Sterling
referring to some specific blacks or every African-American? Nobody seems to care; they just want to see
Sterling treated like a War Criminal.
Most of us have said regrettable things at one time or
another especially in private. Did we
really mean the things we said? Thankfully we don’t always believe everything
we say when we’re annoyed. Too many of
us don’t always choose our words as carefully as we should in public let alone
in private.
The revelation of the audio recording of Sterling exploded
within the media and African-American dominated sports world. Many multi-millionaire African-American
sports figures reacted like a bunch of whinny crybabies or sissies. The media wildly fanned the flames with today’s
divisive propaganda machine.
The same can be said of the professional Race-Baiters like
Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson that live for TV news face-time condemning any
and everything they can. We seem to
forget that that is exactly how they make their living.
We somehow lost sight of simple common sense and allowed
this non-event to reach epic proportions of insanity. So far, Sterling has been banned from the NBA for
life and fined $2.5 million. Some still
want to see this fellow forced to sell his team.
Adding more injury to this insult is that the gutless wonders at UCLA refused a $3 million donation from Sterling for much needed kidney research. How many lives will that cost in the name of political correctness? Somehow I smell Janet Napolitano's involvement here.
Adding more injury to this insult is that the gutless wonders at UCLA refused a $3 million donation from Sterling for much needed kidney research. How many lives will that cost in the name of political correctness? Somehow I smell Janet Napolitano's involvement here.
In the end this event has done nothing to improve race
relations but it has only made things worse.
Whatever happened to simple forgiveness? I guess that old saying, “Sticks and stones” has lost all relevance. This
is a sad time for a dying nation.
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