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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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?

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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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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