NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced on Tuesday afternoon that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is banned from the league for life. Sterling is also being fined $2.5 million, which is the maximum amount per the league’s constitution and will be urged to sell his interest in the Clippers organization by the Board of Governors, which will convene in the near future. Silver stated that Sterling cannot attend Clippers games, be anywhere near the team or have any say in any team matters. While Sterling still technically owns the team, he can’t have anything to do with the organization or the league.
All of this stems from Sterling’s racist comments that were caught on tape by his then-girlfriend, V. Stiviano. On the recording, Sterling stated that he did not want Stiviano to be seen publicly with black people or take pictures with them. This was cast against Sterling’s past history of discrimination, which had largely been ignored by the NBA, allowing Sterling to continue to act in an inappropriate manner. After the NBA was able to verify that the voice on the recording was Sterling’s, they went ahead and acted in the harshest possible manner.
Recently, sportswriter Bomani Jones, who tried to makeSterling’s history of inhumane racism and discrimination public back in 2006, has been asked about his thoughts on this manner. On Monday, while appearing on Dan Le Betard’s radio show, Jones blasted the mainstream media and the league for its laziness and willingness to turn a blind eye to racism that actually affects real people. Below is audio of Jones righteously blasting the way the media, politicians and people in general look at racism today:
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