Why has Donald Sterling become a household name?
If you all haven't heard the name Donald Sterling, I would be very shocked that you haven't by now thanks to the media and now Obama. If a week ago the average person was asked who was the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA basketball team, very few people would be able to answer that question. One reason would be, because they didn't know, and the second reason would have been, because it didn't concern them to know. Well that has all changed within a matter of 36 hours give or take. Donald Sterling is the owner of the LA Clippers, he is a white guy. He made some not so nice remarks about blacks to his bi racial girl friend who's half black and half Mexican, go figure on that. The celebrity news site TMZ released what was suppose to have been a private conversation between Sterling and his girlfriend, (which is now believed she taped herself and sent to TMZ ) of Donald Sterling not liking her bring blacks to his Clipper games that including Magic Johnson. For those who haven't heard the audio, here it is.
With crisis that is going on in the world right now, this doesn't even amount to making the top 500 list. Donald Sterling had history of racist charges levied against him in the past for allegedly denying renting apartments to blacks and Hispanics. I don't know the full case history of Donald Sterling, but really I could care less. Why should I or better yet, why should anyone else care about a conversation between two people? It's sad how people always claim to be offended over comments that weren't even about them. Even Obama has now put his two cents into an issue that normally would be beneath the presidency to comment on. So why are people so offended by the comments of Donald Sterling, when his comments weren't about them?
posted by Alpha Conservative Male at 3:46 PM
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She clearly set him up and to top it off, some of those sentences don't go together at all. Still, if he really has such racist issues... why is he dating a non-white woman? Obviously I don't condone his views but I'm more interested in who the ominous "they" are...
Meanwhile in the rest of the world: bankers dying like flies, Syria misses self-imposed deadline for destroying chemical arms and Ukraine is teetering closer to domestic war every day. But hey, a private conversation between a man and woman must take priority, right?
It got me to thinking many years ago, of one major sports team owner, Marge Schott of the Cincinnati Reds who was suspended by MLB for her racist, ethnic and homophobic slurs.
Yes, Donald Sterling's comments are racist and offensive, and I condemn it. While people are offended and "hurt" over Donald Sterling's remarks, or Nevada cattle rancher Cliven Bundy over his anecdote and views about black and Hispanics. Yet, I'm surprise that these same people show no contempt or condemnation for someone like Obama's former minister, Jeremiah Wright over his racist, antisemitic, and anti-American sermon.
Whenever I hear somebody making racist remarks or jokes about white people, I don't get offended, I just condemn them. I've heard derogatory white jokes from Chris Rock and I've listened to the racist sermons of Jeremiah Wright, and the racist, anti-white rants from the New Black Panther Party. The only way I could be offended I can only be offended unless the remarks directed at me personally. But an anti-white remark directed toward me is not the only thing that can be used to cause me emotional scars...any degrading word or term that is used against me can be effective.
-BP
-BP "It got me to thinking many years ago, of one major sports team owner, Marge Schott of the Cincinnati Reds who was suspended by MLB for her racist, ethnic and homophobic slurs."
Oh yeah, I remember crazy Marge Schott.She referred to her black players as her "million dollar niggers". That woman was a piece of work. She also collected Nazi trinkets and collectibles. Major League Baseball ran her off quick. They made sure she wouldn't tarnish their brand. It will be interesting to see how the NBA handles Sterling. Not sure if the league can force him to sell his team for having a conversation other people weren't suppose to hear and didn't find acceptable.
-BP "Yes, Donald Sterling's comments are racist and offensive, and I condemn it. While people are offended and "hurt" over Donald Sterling's remarks, or Nevada cattle rancher Cliven Bundy over his anecdote and views about black and Hispanics. Yet, I'm surprise that these same people show no contempt or condemnation for someone like Obama's former minister, Jeremiah Wright over his racist, antisemitic, and anti-American sermon"
As a black man, the only way I could see myself being offended is if I was a die hard LA Clipper's fan. Then I would think to myself that my loyal support of his team meant nothing due to the color of my skin. You are right, Obama has some nerve to even speak out on Sterling considering his own checked past regarding his views on race and his associations.
-BP "Whenever I hear somebody making racist remarks or jokes about white people, I don't get offended, I just condemn them. I've heard derogatory white jokes from Chris Rock and I've listened to the racist sermons of Jeremiah Wright, and the racist, anti-white rants from the New Black Panther Party. The only way I could be offended I can only be offended unless the remarks directed at me personally. But an anti-white remark directed toward me is not the only thing that can be used to cause me emotional scars...any degrading word or term that is used against me can be effective."
Most black comedians of today can't create comedy routines that don't have any racial elements in them. That is all they know. It's like a one trick phony. I go to the comedy club on occasion here in Baltimore, and as soon as I find out that a certain comedian headlining is black, I can predict with almost pin point certainty that his routine will have a racial element to it and that he will poke fun at whites. Not all black comedians are like though. Some are funny all around and just have natural talent to be funny. Bill Cosby, Cedric The Entertainer, Steve Harvey all come to mind as comedy who are universally funny. There is a double standard in which black comedian can make certain jokes about whites that white comedians could never dare say about blacks, the same goes for people like Jerimiah Wright and his inflamtory sermons. Obama supporters can't deny that if a white Republican running for president attended a church that had a white value system and had a preacher that preached about how bad blacks are, that candidate would be through politically as soon as the video of his preacher and his church was aired on the news and the internet.
anon "She clearly set him up and to top it off, some of those sentences don't go together at all. Still, if he really has such racist issues... why is he dating a non-white woman? Obviously I don't condone his views but I'm more interested in who the ominous "they" are.."
Nobody is really stopping their Sterling bashing to really ask themselves that important question. A true racist who hates blacks and Mexicans would never date a person who is half black and half Mexican, it doesn't even makes sense. I don't get it. Only Donald Sterling can explain his comments and what attracted him to his I guess now former girlfriend. This scenario sounds like something one would see on Jerry Springer. The only thing I can think of that makes any sense from what Donald Sterling meant in his comments is that he wanted his girlfriend to have a more diverse group of friends and not just all black. Then again, only he knows for sure. Yes, she did set him up. she recorded her conversation with Sterling and gave it to TMZ. Donald Sterling is no saint, she no saint either.
anon "Meanwhile in the rest of the world: bankers dying like flies, Syria misses self-imposed deadline for destroying chemical arms and Ukraine is teetering closer to domestic war every day. But hey, a private conversation between a man and woman must take priority, right?"
This is such a distraction issue. You're right, there are way more important issues going on right now just in our own country. The middle class is continuing to be eroded, the price of food especially beef is skyrocketing. Gas prices are again approaching $4.00 a gallon. The economy still can't create 200,000 jobs a month on a constant basis just to keep up with population growth.This is a story that should be in the Entertainment Tonight lineup instead of one where it's fitting of the presidency to comment on.
Funny how you make the assertion (several times) that Sterling is a Democrat. Honestly, why does it matter?
But for the heck of it, I did a bit of on-line research and was only able to come up with 3 entries of his support for a Democrat(s). Gray Davis, Patrick Leahy and Bill Bradley in the late 1980's and early 1990's. Go to the "Open Secrets" website and put in Donald Sterling Beverly Hill, CA 90212.
Speaking of Marge Schott... Republican until the day she died. But frankly... what difference does it make, and who cares.
But in your video you ask, "why is everybody so offended?" Well, well, well... You're actually questioning "WHY" someone else is offended??? NEGRO PUH-LEEEEEEEZZ. Ninety percent of the essay's you write are about how "liberals were wrong to say this, and how brain dead progressives said that." Remember this video you linked on your site? How "upset" you were about Reverend Barbers comments about Tim Scott. Barber wasn't talking about you...was he? Yet you saw fit to defend... who??
"Mr. William Barber like many others in the NAACP has their tongues so far up the ass of the Democrat Party, their tongues all have mule shit on them".
I could go on and find hundreds of personal insults you've thrown at liberal politicians, pundits and supporters. But I digress...
Like Cliven Bundy, Donald Sterling is an old ignorant fool. If you listen to the entire recording, you'll hear him say things that "most" level headed thinking blacks already know. Many white old kooks like him (Democrat or Republican) believe that "close quarter" social interaction (such as dating, marriage, and even residing in the same neighborhood), between blacks and whites is unacceptable. Frankly, there's not much anyone can do about the way someone thinks, other than let them know that you think they're racist assholes.
P Allen "Funny how you make the assertion (several times) that Sterling is a Democrat. Honestly, why does it matter?"
Why does it matter? That's a good question allen. Here's the answer. It's because of your fellow liberals always keep putting forth the false narrative that all racists are Republicans. I simply highlighted and exposed that myth as being false with Sterling. Furthermore, I did what CNN did in going after a spokesperson of the Republican Party in trying to make the Republican Party somehow responsible for conservatives supporting Mr. Bundy against the Nevada BLM. What CNN and others in the media somehow forget is that conservatives aren't rallying behind Mr Bundy just for the hell of it, they are doing it for a specific reason, and that reason was because of the actions of the BLM. One last thing, if Mr Sterling was a Republican, the media would have been made it known to the public that he was a Republican and would have been demanded the GOP to repudiate what Mr Sterling said. I hope that helped you allen.
P Allen "Speaking of Marge Schott... Republican until the day she died. But frankly... what difference does it make, and who cares."
Again allen, I know there are racists who are republicans, you aren't saying anything new. You need to realize as other liberals that just because a person has a D by his or her name as a party affiliation doesn't make them pure as the driven snow when it comes to racial harmony. I'm in tune with the reality of racism, the left can't say the same obviously.
Of by the way, Harry Reid said Obama doesn't have a "Negro Dialect" unless he wants to have one. What did he mean by that? Did Harry mean that Obama can talk down to black people in a urban jive tone or something or what? Can you imagine if Mitch McConnell would have said that instead of Harry Reid?
p allen "How "upset" you were about Reverend Barbers comments about Tim Scott. Barber wasn't talking about you...was he? Yet you saw fit to defend... who??"
The ignorance of people sometime ticks me off, but I didn't take it personal. I was more mad that Tim Scott had to endure the comments that "WERE MADE DIRECTLY TO HIM" by Mr. Barber. I commented on Mr Barbers hypocrisy and fallacies. When I comment on racial remarks made by liberals towards me, I do so not because I am offended (it's actually funny to me), but I do it to educate others on how liberals truly think regarding racism and their own hypocrisy on the issue.
p allen " I could go on and find hundreds of personal insults you've thrown at liberal politicians, pundits and supporters. But I digress..."
You digress, but you can regress if you like. I have zero problem with you bringing up every insult I leveyed against liberals and the GOP from the very first day I started this blog up until the present. It's all there and archived. You have nothing on me allen, because every comment I've made in criticism I've let it all stand out for everybody to see. Matter of fact, I've even called out other black conservatives and Republicans at times for not fighting against liberals as hard as they fight against them.
p allen "Like Cliven Bundy, Donald Sterling is an old ignorant fool. If you listen to the entire recording, you'll hear him say things that "most" level headed thinking blacks already know. Many white old kooks like him (Democrat or Republican) believe that "close quarter" social interaction (such as dating, marriage, and even residing in the same neighborhood), between blacks and whites is unacceptable. Frankly, there's not much anyone can do about the way someone thinks, other than let them know that you think they're racist assholes."
Mr. Sterling obviously must didn't have a problem with interracial dating considering how this who firestorm distraction started. As for Mr Bundy, I've seen the full tape. What he said was blacks are just as much slaves today under the government then they were back in slavery times, the only difference is that blacks has a work ethic under slavery as opposed to them now being slaves to the government and not having a work ethic. I've said the same thing several times,but I said it in a more organized manner. Again, at the end of the day, what Bundy said is irrelevant, this issue is about the Federal Government vs Mr Bundy not what he says on issues not related to what the Federal Government is trying to do to him via the BLM.
CB;" What he said was blacks are just as much slaves today under the government then they were back in slavery times, the only difference is that blacks has a work ethic under slavery as opposed to them now being slaves to the government and not having a work ethic".
Tyrone....NOTHING CAN BE MORE STUPID!! You're taking this "supporting the conservative brethren" thing, just a bit too far.
Do you really think that you could disagree with the actions of the Jews in Israel, and claim that; "those Jews really are on the wrong side of the Palestinian issue. 'I WONDER' if they had been better off in concentration camps" and expect that idea not to be challenged? Have you lost your doggone mind????
Better still, please explain to me the "work ethic" of being ENSLAVED. Explain to me how a human being who has been sold, forced to become legal property of another man, not being allowed to learn to read or write, often forcibly separated from his family, and FORCED to work, explain to me the "WORK ETHICS" of that man. Explain to me the work ethics of those who fled the Southern (work) plantations in Harriet Tubman's underground railroad. Explain their "work ethics."
CB;"I've said the same thing several times,but I said it in a more organized manner".
If you've said it, you're a lot dumber than Bundy. Frankly, I wasn't to much surprised when many conservatives condemned Bundy's stupidity. At least they understand how ignorant such a statement is. Honestly, you ought to be ashamed.
Damn...Irony always displays that the very simple truth, can at times be a challenge...
Turns out that Donald Sterling has been a registered Republican since 1998.
Stepped in there a bit too early Tyrone?
I think Alexander Pope said it best.
p allen "Turns out that Donald Sterling has been a registered Republican since 1998."
Correct me if I am wrong but wasn't Michael Bloomberg, Charlie Crist also Republicans at one time. So Sterling became a registered Republican in 1998. Would you say that he developed his racist nature back in 1998 allen or did he have his racist nature when he still was Democrat. If the latter is true then my point is correct. Party doesn't have a role on whether a person is a racist or not, and that is all that matters.
p allen "If you've said it, you're a lot dumber than Bundy. Frankly, I wasn't to much surprised when many conservatives condemned Bundy's stupidity. At least they understand how ignorant such a statement is. Honestly, you ought to be ashamed."
You still seem to miss the point. Bundy is irrelevant. Bundy is just a man out of 300 million people. Most Americans don't even know who this guy is. You want to take the attention off the real issue which is the BLM and their rough shot on a private citizen. Bundy's views, values, whatever has zero, ziltch, nada to do with the core issue of what's going on with the BLM.
p allen "Stepped in there a bit too early Tyrone?"
Hardly, Donald Sterling spent most of his life as a Democrat.According to liberal folk lore, all the racists Democrats became Republicans after the 1964 Civil Rights Act correct? Well Sterling became a Registered Republican in 1997 which was 33 years after the 1964 Civil Rights Act. So it would appear that Sterling was a racist Democrat during the years liberals all say that they were Republicans.
p anthony-"Do you really think that you could disagree with the actions of the Jews in Israel, and claim that; "those Jews really are on the wrong side of the Palestinian issue. 'I WONDER' if they had been better off in concentration camps" and expect that idea not to be challenged?"
A complete straw man fallacy. Misdirection is typical of what a racist liberal does. The Israeli- Palestinian issue has nothing to do with the blacks on the Democrat plantation.
Cliven Bundy was right. Compared to the conditions in which blacks live, crime ridden cities, education drop outs, abortion, imprisonment, on and on, blacks were better off under 1850's slavery. And there is such a thing as a ethical slave. Frederick Nietzsche wrote about it. Cliven Bundy was just asking were blacks better off as slaves. They had work, importance, structure and purpose which is one hundred times better than what blacks have today. blacks just traded one for of slavery for another. The government dependency is the worse one!
Again, I don't condone his views and can certainly understand and sympathize with the black players who want him gone after this, but can someone explain how it is even possible for them to FINE a man for a private conversation held in his house? I don't like his opinions but isn't he allowed to have them, at the very least in the privacy of his home? What of the first amendment? The implications for privacy rights are frightening.
CB;"Would you say that he developed his racist nature back in 1998 allen or did he have his racist nature when he still was Democrat.".
While he was still a Democrat? Is there any proof whatsoever, that Sterling was indeed a Democrat? Yet, there's "PROOF" that he was a registered Republican. He donated a total of $6000.00 (some reports now put it at $4000.00) to three different Democrats. Sterling is a "Californian." Of course in order to boost his interests with Democrats, he'd donate something... regardless of his actual political affiliations. Business people do it all the time.
CB;"Hardly, Donald Sterling spent most of his life as a Democrat.According to liberal folk lore, all the racists Democrats became Republicans after the 1964 Civil Rights Act correct? ".
If you "need" to make him a Democrat, regardless of any proof, go ahead. Obviously, there's something that excites you in believing Sterling is a Democrat. I just find that type of obsession very odd and delusional.
CB;"You want to take the attention off the real issue which is the BLM and their rough shot on a private citizen. Bundy's views, values, whatever has zero, ziltch, nada to do with the core issue of what's going on with the BLM".
That depends on which side of the issue you support. The BLM is a law enforcement arm of the federal land service. The government owns the land where he was grazing his cattle. Bundy has lost several court cases and has been ordered to pay the government for the use of the land.
On the other side are those who feel that the federal government should not own the land. Some believe that Bundy should be able to use the land according to his rules, not the federal governments rules. It's not that Bundy "owns" the land. He doesn't. He believes that the federal government should not own it. It all depends on who you think is right.
Anon;"A complete straw man fallacy. Misdirection is typical of what a racist liberal does. The Israeli- Palestinian issue has nothing to do with the blacks on the Democrat plantation".
Who said one had anything to do with the other? It's called "comparison by example" dude. It's shows how stupid your argument is when comparing "slavery" with modern day political choice. Blacks, whether you agree with them are not, have "CHOSEN" to vote Democrat. I know of nothing in history that cites that blacks had "CHOSEN" to be slaves.
Anon;"Cliven Bundy was just asking were blacks better off as slaves. They had work, importance, structure and purpose which is one hundred times better than what blacks have today".
ONE HUNDRED TIMES BETTER???? Are you kidding me? What you're saying, in essence, is that Black people "should" be enslaved! It's obvious to me that the election, and subsequent re-election of Barack Obama has driven some of you conservatives out of your ever lovin' minds! It's a shame that you hide behind the anonymity of an on line blog and spout your vitriol. It's assholes like you that takes away the possibility of an honest and sane conversation. Really dude, you need Jesus...
It's about $$$, Tyrone. The NBA brand. Lots and lots of $$$. Even a dedicated House Negro such as yourself should understand that.
nformt Date "It's about $$$, Tyrone. The NBA brand. Lots and lots of $$$. Even a dedicated House Negro such as yourself should understand that."
Just out of curiousity what's with your name? Putting some thought into it was too mentally stressing? You are new here I can tell, well let me give you the quick run down about me. Calling me a "House Negro" doesn't work on me as an insult. Nice try though but not original. Calling me a House Negro is as funny as watching Mommy Dearest and Faye Donaway saying "no wire hangers". Can you do her voice while saying "No House Negros"!! :-0 If I have to be something, I want to be called a field negro, the house negro thing has been so played out. Be original.
To get to what you said, again you weren't being original but oh well. Of course it's about money genius. Try to follow. If the NBA didn't act, then the mob would have thought the the mostly white ownership was siding with Sterling.
>>>Calling me a "House Negro" doesn't work on me as an insult.<<<
Odd. You seem to be VERY insulted about being called a House Negro, which is the epithet for an African-American perceived to be a participant in the oppression of his own group.
You’re stepping up to “the mob” to defend an old white billionaire with out-of-date conservative views, who ran the L.A. Clippers “plantation-style” according to Elgin Baylor’s discrimination lawsuit.
Perhaps you’d prefer to be called an Uncle Tom?
Or Uncle Tyrone. Sitting on your porch drinking iced tea all day with conservative hero Clive Bundy telling each other one more thing you know about the Negro.
nfornmt Date-"Perhaps you’d prefer to be called an Uncle Tom?"
You what's pathetic, is that you never read "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Before you start calling every conservative black person an "Uncle Tom", why don't get to know what kind of a person he was in the book. I'll give you a hint, he was no sellout.
-BP
nfornmt Date "Perhaps you’d prefer to be called an Uncle Tom?"
Let's see. I prefer to be called by the following, take note.
Tyrone
Ty
Alpha Conservative Male
or ACM
These are the following names that I will not be referred to, also take not.
Uncle Tom
House Negro
House Nigger or any other racially derogatory terminology. It's not that I am offended by the words, it's kind of retarded on the person's part to even use words they have no idea the definition of against me or anyone else for that matter. I'm kind of an odd duck, I actually expect to be respected on my blog, I'm just saying. I know it's crazy and all but still. Now that I've pretty much laid it out, the choice is up to you. If you feel you are compelled to do the latter rather then the first, thanks for the drive by distraction and have a nice day. It's just that simple.
nfornmt Date "Odd. You seem to be VERY insulted about being called a House Negro, which is the epithet for an African-American perceived to be a participant in the oppression of his own group."
You are showing your igronace in regards to me and the history of this blog. You see, this blog as been around for over a decade. Now if I was one that was quick to be offended, I would have quit blogging as a conservative within the first week. The old saying is that if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. You are not the first person that have called me a "house negro" or "Uncle Tom", get real. Those are the only names liberals can call me, I mean it's not like they can challenge me on what I say. You know, try to discredit the messenger when they aren't intellectually capable to discredit the message. When the same racial terminology has been sued for the 10,000th time, trust me it has been lost it shock or harm value. It's not even close to being original.The only way a word can be harmful is 1. If it's true 1. If the person the word was used against took offense to it. Well let's see. By defenition, I am neither an Uncle Tom nor a House Negro, so we can scratch that, and since I am neither of those two terms by definition, then there would be no reason to be offended by those terms, so we can scratch that as well. So though the process of elimination, I'm not offended, but still I will be respected, alrighty then.
p allen "While he was still a Democrat? Is there any proof whatsoever, that Sterling was indeed a Democrat? Yet, there's "PROOF" that he was a registered Republican. He donated a total of $6000.00 (some reports now put it at $4000.00) to three different Democrats. Sterling is a "Californian." Of course in order to boost his interests with Democrats, he'd donate something... regardless of his actual political affiliations. Business people do it all the time."
Congratulations allen, Sterling was a both a Democrat and a Republican, I think I pretty much said that in my last post. When I said he was a Democrat in my video, I only did to get a rise out of left. As I said for the 1,000,000th time, racism exists in all major political parties. Get with the program allen, this isn't the first time you heard me say that. Sterling's racism isn't tied to party affiliation, he is who he is regardless. But if it will make you feel better and you can sleep better at night, yes he is a current Republican.
p allen "That depends on which side of the issue you support. The BLM is a law enforcement arm of the federal land service. The government owns the land where he was grazing his cattle. Bundy has lost several court cases and has been ordered to pay the government for the use of the land."
The BLM is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior that administers abd regulates America's public lands, It's not a law enforcement agency. There was almost a major incident between the BLM and armed Bundy supporters over only $1 million dollars in grazing fees? The federal government burns through a million dollars in 1 trillionth of a nanosecond. I have a different take on this. I heard Harry Reid and Seantor Dean Heller of Nevada say that Bundy should by the grazing fees, however how can the long arm of the federal government come down on Mr Bundy, when the federal government won't enforce certain laws itself that it choices on purpose to ignore primarily immigration. It's kind of two faced. When the federal government tells the citizens it needs to obey the laws yet it doesn't practice what it preach, what credibility does it have?
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