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

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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....

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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.

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

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

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.

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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 .

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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!

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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.