Organized slavery or just a person stuck in the past? or as it has shown in the past few years peoples views coming to surface? Donald from what the stories have portrayed didn't play the game right when it came to now ex-girlfriend the much younger V. Stiviano. You never suppose to have pillow talk with a girlfriend, wife, lover or mistress and turn around and leave them or wrong them in any way. Sterling made the ultimate mistake by lashing out at Stiviano his ex about who she associates with because of their racial orientation. The one thing you can not do once you have open your mouth to someone in a negative fashion is take it back as Sterling is trying to do. Especially against an ex that has hours and hours of audio of you speaking badly about other races. Since this has surfaced more information about Sterlings not so happy attitude to people of different backgrounds have surfaced also. A few years back Sterling settled on a few housing law suits that were filed against him in regards to not wanting to rent to African Americans or Latinos in his apartment buildings. So with this outburst made by Sterling to Stiviano raise the stakes because of the business level that the Clippers hold? With the Clippers being an NBA franchise and Magic Johnson being a huge celebrity in sports and business mogul seen in a picture by Sterling with Stiviano to cause this uproar, does this put his tirade above the past racial incidents?
The Clippers which is a predominately African-American team now have to deal with the mental and emotional issues that will come with having a boss that doesn't like them because of their race. To me this is similar to being on plantations with out the physical abuse and harsh conditions. The truth about this situation is he has felt this way for years the only hiccup was him talking to much and being with a woman that has a game plan to cash in. The fact of the matter is his family knew of his views and did not say anything until Sterlings ex-girlfriend decided to ignite this bomb. So my question does the family being the wife and son in law feel the same way and didn't want to be included in his racist ways to protect themselves from media scrutiny? or were they afraid to come forward with their thoughts and concerns about Sterlings points of view? It was great to see other teams in the NBA showing support for the Clippers and what they are going through. The thing that we have to do is weed out more men and women like Sterling because this isn't the first time something like this has happen in the work place.
The verdict was handed down to Sterling yesterday and to clarify because the NBA is a privately own company Sterlings 1st amendment was not compromised in any way. He is banned for life from the NBA, fined 2.5 million dollars which some would say is pocket change for a billionaire. A major blow to Sterling would be the lost of sponsorship from several major companies, return of funds from certain charities and organizations which would say fine give me my money back. The return of charitable funds say in so many ways that even though we need your money we don't want it in this fashion which shows that people in the U.S. do believe in equal rights and is a slap in the face for Sterling. This could of proved to be an uplifting point for the Clippers because after the announcement they took a 3-2 lead over the Golden State Warriors. Momentum is a dangerous thing for a team that's pushing through controversy.
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