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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
The hypocrisy of L.A. NAACP
Though it's debatable how effective a punishment Donald Sterling's lifetime ban from the NBA will be -- considering that for the time being, he still owns and thus profits from the L.A. Clippers -- the one voice that should not be involved in this discussion is that of the NAACP. Not after news that the Los Angeles chapter was prepared to bestow upon the disgraced Sterling -- whose racist behavior has long been known -- a second lifetime achievement award next month. (The offer, not surprisingly, has been withdrawn.)
On Tuesday, after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver brought down punishment on Sterling, the NAACP added its voice to a joint statement with the National Urban League, the National Action Network and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation that said "Sterling's long-established pattern of bigotry and racist comments have not been a secret in the NBA ... yet until now, they have been tolerated and met with a gentle hand and a blind eye."
Say what?
Tax records accessed on CitizenAudit.org, according to an article in the Huffington Post, revealed that the NAACP's L.A. branch had been party to the sanitizing of Sterling's legacy. How? The group has received $45,000 from Sterling's foundations, which, given the real-estate mogul's net worth of nearly $2 billion, is peanuts.
The phrase "sell out" is one that gets tossed around, but for some reason, it doesn't quite cover the NAACP's L.A. chapter in this case.
The first time Sterling was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the group was in the midst of a lawsuit for housing discrimination based upon race. To decide to honor him with the award a second time, after he had paid millions to settle multiple discrimination suits, after learning that he allegedly said that "all the blacks in this building, they smell, they're not clean" and "Mexicans ... just sit around and smoke and drink all day ... so we have to get them out of here," is not selling out.
Selling out makes financial sense.
No, considering what $45,000 means to a man of Sterling's wealth, honoring him with awards is just giving integrity away. I understand that Sterling has donated to other black groups and established a scholarships for black students at UCLA. And while that's a positive, I also understand that such donations are tax-deductible and do not require him to actually be around black people. Something, according to the now-infamous recordings, he is not a big fan of. At least not at his games.
The NAACP's willful blind spot is particularly disturbing when you consider the growing wealth gap between blacks and whites in this country and that the biggest factors in that gap are fair housing and education. How could an organization supposedly dedicated to the economic advancement of blacks honor someone the Department of Justice said was working against its mission?
Entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/30/opini...n=Feed:+rss/cnn_topstories+(RSS:+Top+Stories)
Though it's debatable how effective a punishment Donald Sterling's lifetime ban from the NBA will be -- considering that for the time being, he still owns and thus profits from the L.A. Clippers -- the one voice that should not be involved in this discussion is that of the NAACP. Not after news that the Los Angeles chapter was prepared to bestow upon the disgraced Sterling -- whose racist behavior has long been known -- a second lifetime achievement award next month. (The offer, not surprisingly, has been withdrawn.)
On Tuesday, after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver brought down punishment on Sterling, the NAACP added its voice to a joint statement with the National Urban League, the National Action Network and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation that said "Sterling's long-established pattern of bigotry and racist comments have not been a secret in the NBA ... yet until now, they have been tolerated and met with a gentle hand and a blind eye."
Say what?
Tax records accessed on CitizenAudit.org, according to an article in the Huffington Post, revealed that the NAACP's L.A. branch had been party to the sanitizing of Sterling's legacy. How? The group has received $45,000 from Sterling's foundations, which, given the real-estate mogul's net worth of nearly $2 billion, is peanuts.
The phrase "sell out" is one that gets tossed around, but for some reason, it doesn't quite cover the NAACP's L.A. chapter in this case.
The first time Sterling was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the group was in the midst of a lawsuit for housing discrimination based upon race. To decide to honor him with the award a second time, after he had paid millions to settle multiple discrimination suits, after learning that he allegedly said that "all the blacks in this building, they smell, they're not clean" and "Mexicans ... just sit around and smoke and drink all day ... so we have to get them out of here," is not selling out.
Selling out makes financial sense.
No, considering what $45,000 means to a man of Sterling's wealth, honoring him with awards is just giving integrity away. I understand that Sterling has donated to other black groups and established a scholarships for black students at UCLA. And while that's a positive, I also understand that such donations are tax-deductible and do not require him to actually be around black people. Something, according to the now-infamous recordings, he is not a big fan of. At least not at his games.
The NAACP's willful blind spot is particularly disturbing when you consider the growing wealth gap between blacks and whites in this country and that the biggest factors in that gap are fair housing and education. How could an organization supposedly dedicated to the economic advancement of blacks honor someone the Department of Justice said was working against its mission?
Entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/30/opini...n=Feed:+rss/cnn_topstories+(RSS:+Top+Stories)
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ExpatAkronite
Cascadia Subduction Zone
Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond:
The Times' media editor Alex Spence says he's spoken to Jeremy Clarkson, and the presenter "says he's 'mortified' at n-word story. Adamant he didn't say it. Just made a noise that sounds like it."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/live-jeremy-clarkson-n-word-shame-3481569#ixzz30USCeMga
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I'm a fan of Top Gear and certainly part of the allure is that Clarkson can be quite un-PC. And really this seems more juvenile than mean and spiteful. Still begs the question--is it any less racist when a popular, charismatic entertainer mumbles it in a clownish way? I think not. And he certainly knows it is a word meant to dehumanize.
The Times' media editor Alex Spence says he's spoken to Jeremy Clarkson, and the presenter "says he's 'mortified' at n-word story. Adamant he didn't say it. Just made a noise that sounds like it."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/live-jeremy-clarkson-n-word-shame-3481569#ixzz30USCeMga
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I'm a fan of Top Gear and certainly part of the allure is that Clarkson can be quite un-PC. And really this seems more juvenile than mean and spiteful. Still begs the question--is it any less racist when a popular, charismatic entertainer mumbles it in a clownish way? I think not. And he certainly knows it is a word meant to dehumanize.
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Wait. CNN isn't sweeping the dirt on the NAACP under the rug? How astounding
I dunno about that, but as I was walking through the cafeteria it appeared that they were doing everything they can to find anyone they could that Sterling was ever a jackass to (racist or otherwise). I was like, yeah, I think there's a pretty good body of work already documented, there guys.
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OH10
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Just seems the response (defense?) of the shamed white racist is to call out the notable black racists and the double standard rather than being upset at the white racist. It's become a canned response at this point so I'm used to it.
As for the double standard: Look, we have a fucked up history. And things just started getting better about 40-50 years ago. Not a long time. So there is still a lot of racial animosity/resentment passed down to the next generation of black people from a generation that was justifiably resentful. Does that make black racism ok? Absolutely not. But it's not the same. Whites have no reason to hold such animosity (historical or otherwise) and yet people in powerful positions continue to spout it off.
So, yeah, there's a double standard. "Black Pride" (because it was necessary a generation ago) is significantly more justified than "White Pride" (which is a lame victim mentality developed mainly by people who never wanted blacks to have equal rights or any kind of protected status).
So people are envious of Sterling and that's why he's getting torched in the media? Well, I would take his money, that's for sure. No way I could have engaged in the type of unethical business practices for which he is known to get that rich, but sure, it would be nice.
Not the reason he's hated. I don't hold, for example, any hatred towards Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, or Zuckerman. Should they go on a racist rant, then that could certainly change.
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DubCoffman62
Lazy Slob
Yes, selling out your people to a bigot for a paltry $45,000 is a fucking joke. The NAACP is nothing but a bunch of buck dancing, bojangling, shoe shining, carp frying, kowtowing Step-n-Fetchits. Black people should RUN from them and never look back along with all their other so-called leaders.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Los Angeles NAACP president resigns after being criticized for honoring Clippers owner Sterling
The head of the NAACP in Los Angeles has resigned following criticism of the chapter’s warm relationship with Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling despite his history of racial remarks.
The resignation of chapter President Leon Jenkins was announcedThursday night by the CEO of the Baltimore-based NAACP, Lorraine C. Miller. The NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, founded in 1909, and was deeply embarrassed.
In his letter of resignation, Jenkins said the “legacy, history and reputation of the NAACP is more important to me than the presidency. In order to separate the Los Angeles NAACP and the NAACP from the negative exposure I have caused the NAACP, I respectfully resign.”
Entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ticized-for-honoring-clippers-owner-sterling/
Comments from "righton2" about Jenkins' activities in Michigan; apparently there is some truth to it per:
http://happynicetimepeople.com/dont-let-door-hit-ass-grifty-los-angeles-naacp-head/
The head of the NAACP in Los Angeles has resigned following criticism of the chapter’s warm relationship with Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling despite his history of racial remarks.
The resignation of chapter President Leon Jenkins was announcedThursday night by the CEO of the Baltimore-based NAACP, Lorraine C. Miller. The NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, founded in 1909, and was deeply embarrassed.
In his letter of resignation, Jenkins said the “legacy, history and reputation of the NAACP is more important to me than the presidency. In order to separate the Los Angeles NAACP and the NAACP from the negative exposure I have caused the NAACP, I respectfully resign.”
Entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ticized-for-honoring-clippers-owner-sterling/
Comments from "righton2" about Jenkins' activities in Michigan; apparently there is some truth to it per:
http://happynicetimepeople.com/dont-let-door-hit-ass-grifty-los-angeles-naacp-head/
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Jordan: Considered myself a racist
In a book released Tuesday, Michael Jordan describes the impact racism had on him in his childhood. "Basically," he says, "I was against all white people."
Michael Jordan reveals his past struggles with racism in a biography released Tuesday.
In the book, titled "Michael Jordan: The Life," Jordan describes to author Roland Lazenby how growing up in the 1970s in North Carolina -- where he said the Ku Klux Klan was dominant -- shaped his views on race.
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Former Bulls general manager Jerry Krause says in the book that Jordan was powered throughout his life by any negative experiences, including those in his childhood.
"He remembers everyone who ever didn't think he was going to be great," Krause said in an excerpt published by Foxsports.com. "He remembers every negative story that's ever been written about him."
The book's release comes one week after Jordan, the owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, spoke out against Los Angeles Clippers counterpart Donald Sterling, who was taped making racing comments last month and since has been banned by the NBA.
"As an owner, I'm obviously disgusted that a fellow team owner could hold such sickening and offensive views," Jordan said in a statement. "... As a former player, I'm completely outraged.
"There is no room in the NBA -- or anywhere else -- for the kind of racism and hatred that Mr. Sterling allegedly expressed. I am appalled that this type of ignorance still exists within our country and at the highest levels of our sport. In a league where the majority of players are African-American, we cannot and must not tolerate discrimination at any level."
Entire article: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10895553/michael-jordan-details-upbringing-new-book
FWIW, might just be an interesting book to read.
In a book released Tuesday, Michael Jordan describes the impact racism had on him in his childhood. "Basically," he says, "I was against all white people."
Michael Jordan reveals his past struggles with racism in a biography released Tuesday.
In the book, titled "Michael Jordan: The Life," Jordan describes to author Roland Lazenby how growing up in the 1970s in North Carolina -- where he said the Ku Klux Klan was dominant -- shaped his views on race.
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Former Bulls general manager Jerry Krause says in the book that Jordan was powered throughout his life by any negative experiences, including those in his childhood.
"He remembers everyone who ever didn't think he was going to be great," Krause said in an excerpt published by Foxsports.com. "He remembers every negative story that's ever been written about him."
The book's release comes one week after Jordan, the owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, spoke out against Los Angeles Clippers counterpart Donald Sterling, who was taped making racing comments last month and since has been banned by the NBA.
"As an owner, I'm obviously disgusted that a fellow team owner could hold such sickening and offensive views," Jordan said in a statement. "... As a former player, I'm completely outraged.
"There is no room in the NBA -- or anywhere else -- for the kind of racism and hatred that Mr. Sterling allegedly expressed. I am appalled that this type of ignorance still exists within our country and at the highest levels of our sport. In a league where the majority of players are African-American, we cannot and must not tolerate discrimination at any level."
Entire article: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10895553/michael-jordan-details-upbringing-new-book
FWIW, might just be an interesting book to read.
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You already provided point #1 of my retort ("necessary a generation ago", actually two generations ago). As for "White Pride", I disagree that it's mainly by Whites who never wanted Blacks to be equal, but rather by Whites who are tired of being labeled for all the world's evils. I do think that many "White Pride" folks go overboard and make the average White person look like a hilljack...
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