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re: Am I a racist to think that Sterling's comments weren't that bad?

Posted on 4/30/14 at 8:01 am to
Posted by C
Houston
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 4/30/14 at 8:01 am to
I was thinking about this on my way to work this morning. I mean there are convicted rapists playing in most leagues. This really feels overboard considering it was a private conversation between an 80 year old and his side piece. Hell I'm really surprised there isn't more outrage that he has side piece while married. A side piece that is so well known he has to ask her not to post pictures of other men she is with on instagram! I think this was way overboard taken in isolation but the problem was his history. And I honestly don't think he is just a racist, I think he is an elitist. I think he holds himself to be better than anyone else. I bet he hates a lot of groups out there as a whole. I do think we will see a lot of continued hypocrisy as these types of conversations come out more.

As I mentioned in another thread, one thing that has occurred throughout history and for all ethnic groups is that families had an expectation that you will marry someone from within the same ethnic group: Italian marry Italian, black marry black, Korean marry Korean... I think daughters will start videoing their "racist" fathers. And maybe it's not really that true. I didn't have any sisters and my 2-year old daughter is the first daughter in my family in 2 generations so I'm only basing that on what I hear from others. And my daughter won't be dating until she's 25 so it won't really be an issue for a while...
This post was edited on 4/30/14 at 8:03 am
Posted by KG6
Member since Aug 2009
10920 posts
Posted on 4/30/14 at 8:36 am to
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And I honestly don't think he is just a racist, I think he is an elitist.


I'm not trying to take the racist element out of what he said, but I think this hits it on the head. To him, these NBA players are his underlings that he throws money at to entertain his audience. They all have money, but to him, they are still street trash. There was definitely racism in the way that he told her, but I don't think that he just didn't want her to be with them because they were black, it's because he didn't want her associating with that element in general.

To the NBA, that attitude being within the organization can be a disaster. The NBA is more than a sports league, it's a culture. They realize it and it's their money maker. I'm not surprised they did this. I don't think it's right that an organization can have that much control, but it doesn't surprise me.
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