Donald Sterling - Slumlord Billionaire

[DinahMoeHum]

(cross-posted from The Nation)
http://www.thenation.com/blog/179551/donald-sterling-slumlord-billionaire

(snip)
Following the uproar over audio revelations of a racist rant by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, it is worth noting that Sterling’s racism is nothing new and should come as no surprise. Reprinted—with some edits—here is the essay on Sterling I wrote for my 2010 book Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love. It is out of date insofar as the Clippers have gone from being a sad-sack franchise to contending for the 2014 NBA title, but everything else holds. Hopefully it will give some insight into a man who has become, in the words of Magic Johnson, “a black eye for the NBA.”
- Dave Zirin
(snip)

http://www.thenation.com/blog/179551/donald-sterling-slumlord-billionaire

WARNING: Get yourself a barf bag - chances are, you'll need it.

Frankly, I don't know what's worse about Donnie Tokowitz/Sterling - his racism or his sexual peccadilloes.

BTW, in his book (at page #130) Dave Zirin does not actually say "I will now scream into a pillow while performing a home-lobotomy."
What he actually says (at the end of the paragraph)
"I will now tear out my eyes with a shrimp fork."

http://books.google.com/books?id=DEgiTalvVXwC&pg=PA123&lpg=PA123&dq=dave+zirin+bad+sports+don+sterling&s

[FarCenter]

1. Creepy old guy from Beverly Hills says something racist? We're shocked. Shocked I tell ya.

Of course, when you're that old, it may be difficult to remember which taboo subjects and taboo vocabulary apply to each social situation.

And the difficulty is compounded by the ease of recording and publishing on the Internet.