Oh for God's sake, being racist is not illegal

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Simple question: If a black owner of a NBA team had made identical remarks about his girlfriend/mistress dating or going out with whites, Hispanics or Asians, would there have been anything like the same outcry?

Would he have been banned for life? Would other owners be even talking about compelling him to sell?

Heck, the lyrics of the average rap song are way more offensive than what Sterling said. But I guess it's who's saying them.

Oh lawd here we go...
Consider this: Giant media conglomerates like Warner Bros. and Sony have had a strangle hold on the music industry for years, controlling much of the content and the persona's of many artists. The glory days of black record companies like Motown, Solar Records, Sussex Records, and Philadelphia International Records are long gone - all of them were ultimately bought out or, in most cases, put out of business way back in the 70's and 80's --- coincidentally right around the time that rap blew up. So who was it that was signing those artists and promoting those songs and for all intents and purposes condoning that violence and sexism and explicit language that so many are so offended by? - right - the very same people making huge profits from the multi-billion-dollar hip-hop industry, and they weren't black I can tell you that.
So yeah, you're right in a sense...its about who's saying it but more specifically its about who's profiting from it, and any time big business sees an opportunity to make money they will exploit anyone and anything to get it. But on the flip side anytime big business (i.e. the NBA) sees a situation that threatens their opportunity to make money they will eliminate anyone and anything (i.e. Donald Sterling) to keep that shit from happening.

+1. And it is funny because the PP wrongly assumes that young Whites are not buying as much rap and hip hop as Blacks. Truth be told, there are just as many Whites into Hip Hop as there are Blacks. We have a joke in our cirlce that if a Black hip hop artist relied on just Blacks buying his music, he would go broke in a hurry. White folks are driving the economics behind rap nowadays. So if you find rap lyrics offensive, then tell your kids not to buy it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Simple question: If a black owner of a NBA team had made identical remarks about his girlfriend/mistress dating or going out with whites, Hispanics or Asians, would there have been anything like the same outcry?

Would he have been banned for life? Would other owners be even talking about compelling him to sell?

Heck, the lyrics of the average rap song are way more offensive than what Sterling said. But I guess it's who's saying them.

1) Not all rap artists are the same -- and a lot of them look like Sterling -- not to mention the people who are buying them

2) Same free market economy applies to rap music: IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T BUY IT !

3) Once again, no one is arresting Sterling, they are saying I don't like what you said and I no longer want to do business with you, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THAT!

Well, that's certainly true, I think a lot of people had never even heard of his team (called LA's secret professional sports franchise) until his blather. I think it's fine to make economic decisions based on personal views about the owner or "talent." My mother in law never watches the Ellen show, for example, because she doesn't like her lifestyle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Simple question: If a black owner of a NBA team had made identical remarks about his girlfriend/mistress dating or going out with whites, Hispanics or Asians, would there have been anything like the same outcry?

Would he have been banned for life? Would other owners be even talking about compelling him to sell?

Heck, the lyrics of the average rap song are way more offensive than what Sterling said. But I guess it's who's saying them.

1) Not all rap artists are the same -- and a lot of them look like Sterling -- not to mention the people who are buying them

2) Same free market economy applies to rap music: IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T BUY IT !

3) Once again, no one is arresting Sterling, they are saying I don't like what you said and I no longer want to do business with you, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THAT!

Well, that's certainly true, I think a lot of people had never even heard of his team (called LA's secret professional sports franchise) until his blather. I think it's fine to make economic decisions based on personal views about the owner or "talent." My mother in law never watches the Ellen show, for example, because she doesn't like her lifestyle.

Exactly

[Anonymous]

You know what? Mr. Rich Guy isn't entitled to keep the team. He's set to lose it because he deserves to lose it. The NBA isn't his personal country club. He owns a franchise that is rightly being revoked. He deserves no sympathy whatsoever.

Good Riddance.

[Anonymous]

"I am sure there are a myriad of reasons for this ranging from the fact that groups like blacks, gays and Jews have been victims of extreme discrimination in years gone by and they believe a stand must be taken against prejudicial remarks against them. "

That observation takes this to a whole new level. sterling is a Jew and Jews were slaves to people of color in Egypt far longer than any AA ancestor was a slave in the US. Perhaps this is a more deeply rooted problem since both ethnic groups have a history of slavery and discrimination. Not to say this evens the playing field but the Jews most definitely suffered longer as slaves to Africans than any AA and perhaps deserves a little leeway here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know what? Mr. Rich Guy isn't entitled to keep the team. He's set to lose it because he deserves to lose it. The NBA isn't his personal country club. He owns a franchise that is rightly being revoked. He deserves no sympathy whatsoever.

Good Riddance.

And Ellen should be fired because her lifestyle is offensive to 50% of Americans .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You know what? Mr. Rich Guy isn't entitled to keep the team. He's set to lose it because he deserves to lose it. The NBA isn't his personal country club. He owns a franchise that is rightly being revoked. He deserves no sympathy whatsoever.

Good Riddance.

And Ellen should be fired because her lifestyle is offensive to 50% of Americans .

Oh, is [whoever owns Ellen's TV show] about to lose a whole lot of money because many people are upset about something Ellen said or did? I guess I missed that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I am sure there are a myriad of reasons for this ranging from the fact that groups like blacks, gays and Jews have been victims of extreme discrimination in years gone by and they believe a stand must be taken against prejudicial remarks against them. "

That observation takes this to a whole new level. sterling is a Jew and Jews were slaves to people of color in Egypt far longer than any AA ancestor was a slave in the US. Perhaps this is a more deeply rooted problem since both ethnic groups have a history of slavery and discrimination. Not to say this evens the playing field but the Jews most definitely suffered longer as slaves to Africans than any AA and perhaps deserves a little leeway here.

No.

Plus, your history is wrong anyway.

[Anonymous]

And I suppose you don't belief the holocaust happened either?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And I suppose you don't belief the holocaust happened either?

Nope, the Holocaust definitely happened.

It's a historical fact that the first Africans came to British North America as slaves in 1619. Whereas it's a historical fact -- no, wait, actually it isn't. Exodus is not historical evidence.

Besides, it's an absurd argument. It's less bad for Donald Sterling to be a loathsome racist about black people, because he's Jewish, and thousands of years ago Jews were slaves in Egypt, which is in Africa? And what's your excuse for Donald Sterling to be a loathsome racist about Hispanic people -- the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know what? Mr. Rich Guy isn't entitled to keep the team. He's set to lose it because he deserves to lose it. The NBA isn't his personal country club. He owns a franchise that is rightly being revoked. He deserves no sympathy whatsoever.

Good Riddance.

And Ellen should be fired because her lifestyle is offensive to 50% of Americans .

Oh, is [whoever owns Ellen's TV show] about to lose a whole lot of money because many people are upset about something Ellen said or did? I guess I missed that.

Will you support the banning of the next player that behaves offensively?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know what? Mr. Rich Guy isn't entitled to keep the team. He's set to lose it because he deserves to lose it. The NBA isn't his personal country club. He owns a franchise that is rightly being revoked. He deserves no sympathy whatsoever.

Good Riddance.

And Ellen should be fired because her lifestyle is offensive to 50% of Americans .

Oh, is [whoever owns Ellen's TV show] about to lose a whole lot of money because many people are upset about something Ellen said or did? I guess I missed that.

Will you support the banning of the next player that behaves offensively?

If the next player who behaves offensively makes the NBA seriously worried about losing millions and millions and millions of dollars, I will not be at all surprised if the NBA bans that player.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't jay z a partial team owner ? He wore whites are devils bling at games.

JayZ sold his ownership in the New Jersey team. To my limited knowledge, Michael Jordan is the only racial minority who HS ownership in an NBA team.

Magic....

Vivek Ranadive, along with Jordan are the only MAJORITY owners in the NBA that are minorities.

However, since he's indian for some reason the media and a lot of uninformed people in the sports world don't consider him a minority.

there are other minority owners that own small stakes, not controlling share.

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There seems to be a heirarchy in terms of groups you cannot offend in terms of pc police coming down on you.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There seems to be a hierarchy in terms of groups you cannot offend in terms of pc police coming down on you.

The "pc police", eh? I didn't know that the NBA was the police, and I didn't know that they acted out of "political correctness". I thought that the NBA was a professional sports organization, and they acted out of fear of losing millions of dollars and fans.