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[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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Simple answer: Whites generally don't give a shit what blacks or other people of color say about them. To some extent that holds true of Hispanics and Asians - if other racial groups make derogatory comments. Not true when it comes to gays or Jews who would react the same way that we are seeing with Sterling.

But ultimately, the consequences that would face a black person saying such a thing would pale in comparison to how they would react to a white person doing the same thing. Remember Jesse Jackson with his "Hymietown" comment some years ago. There was a brouhaha when Jewish people reacted strongly but he apologized and then went his way but many Jews felt that his apology was mere damage control.

[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/frenzy/jackson.htm[/url]

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.

If Michael Jordan said something about whites on the lines of Sterling, the reaction by some whites would be to boycott the games of his team but most would just blow it off. [/quote]

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