What bothers me about this whole Donald Sterling affair isn’t just his racism. I’m bothered that everyone acts as if it’s a huge surprise. Now there’s all this dramatic and very public rending of clothing about whether they should keep their expensive Clippers season tickets. Really? All this other stuff I listed above has been going on for years and this ridiculous conversation with his girlfriend is what puts you over the edge? That’s the smoking gun?
He was discriminating against black and Hispanic families for years, preventing them from getting housing. It was public record. We did nothing. Suddenly he says he doesn’t want his girlfriend posing with Magic Johnson on Instagram and we bring out the torches and rope. Shouldn’t we have all called for his resignation back then?
Shouldn’t we be equally angered by the fact that his private, intimate conversation was taped and then leaked to the media? Didn’t we just call to task the NSA for intruding into American citizen’s privacy in such an un-American way? Although the impact is similar to Mitt Romney’s comments that were secretly taped, the difference is that Romney was giving a public speech. The making and release of this tape is so sleazy that just listening to it makes me feel like an accomplice to the crime. We didn’t steal the cake but we’re all gorging ourselves on it.
Rush Limbaugh:
Donald Sterling is a typical Hollywood racist--and everybody knew it…
Rule 5 Raaaaacism
Update:
DaTechGuy:
The hypocrisy of the NAACP
I agree with Darcy's nuance about Kareem's comments... I also fully understand why the NBA did what it did. This is sparking a lot of anger with players and fans, they are trying to respond to that. And what Stirling said (while stupid, indefensible, and pathetic) does impact business for all the owners.
h/t:
Instapundit
