NAACP Will No Longer Give Clippers Owner Lifetime Achievement Award

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

CAITLIN MACNEAL – APRIL 27, 2014, 11:01 AM EDT

Interim president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Lorriane Miller, on Sunday said that the organization has decided to no longer honor Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

"He is not receiving a lifetime achievement award from the NAACP," Miller said on NBC's "Meet the Press," according to Politico.

Sterling, who has come under fire for allegedly telling his girlfriend not to bring black people to his games, was scheduled to receive an award from the Los Angeles NAACP chapter at an event in May. Miller on Sunday denounced Sterling's racist comments and called for the Clippers owner to make a statement about the audio recording of his remarks.

"If you’re silent about this, then you’re accepting this," she said. ”People have got to say that this is not good and do something about it."

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[chrisstopher]

1. Big surprise

Not that he ever actually deserved it in the first place.

[heaven05]

2. yah think???

[m-lekktor]

3. lol

no comment!

[otohara]

4. How With His History of Racism

We're supposed to believe the NAACP forgot to use Google before choosing this asshole for an award?

Lawsuits, racial slurs and blatant discrimination.



This is proof that in our current media environment anything on tape (video or audio) generates reactions far greater than anything not on tape. Sterling here proves himself a sad, sorry old man.

What his decades of legal battles with the government showed was far worse, though, and why someone in basketball should've at least attempted to publicly set him straight, if only for their own image. The NBA has an admirable history of tolerance, inclusion and progressive hiring even in positions of power. It includes players, coaches, executives, owners and fans from around the globe. Yet with Sterling, there was little protest.

In 2009, Sterling agreed to pay the U.S. Justice Department a then-record $2.73 million to settle allegations his companies targeted and discriminated against blacks, Hispanics and families with children in renting apartments in greater Los Angeles.

In 2005, his company agreed to settle a similar racial discrimination suit for an undisclosed sum – "one of the largest ever obtained in this type of case," according to the judge – and a reported $5 million in plaintiff legal fees.

He's been sued multiple times by individuals on racial charges. The tape is just the latest in a near endless list of terrible comments people have relayed, often on the record, through the courts or media.


NBA commissioner Adam Silver gets his first big test in how he deals with Sterling. (AP)
In 2011, a jury rejected a wrongful termination suit brought by longtime general manager Elgin Baylor, but it did contain Baylor's allegation, which had nothing to do with the case, that Sterling tried to control the race of his tenants because, he allegedly said, "Black tenants smell and attract vermin."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/alleged-racist-remarks-from-clippers-owner-donald-sterling-finally-prompt-nba-investigation-174739406.html

[hlthe2b]

5. Seems he may have a "lifetime achievement"--just not one that should win him any awards..

What a creep...

[WhiteTara]

6. I wonder if he will end up desitute

and on the streets with a shopping cart?

[Paladin]

7. So glad to hear this. (nt)

[Jesus Malverde]

8. was it a close vote?

[Wellstone ruled]

9. This turd is really toxic.

1%ers be aware,us poor folks do have good hearing and some of us do carry recording devices. He He!!

[SoapBox]

10. Just say'n...

Guilty! By judge and jury, TMZ and Ms. Sleaze Ball!

...that's how it went in just 24 hours.

Did he say what was posted to TMZ? I guess so... Is that how he feels...don't know.

How was he egged on to make the comments and why? Well, Ms. Sleaze has good reason to make big trouble, since she's getting her ass sued as it is by Sterling Corp.

All of this is so A-Typical of today's society...Guilty immediately.


The ONLY cool head in the bunch is Doc Rivers.

[csziggy]

13. If it were the first time he'd been accused, I might agree with you but he has a history

And some of the accusations have been proven in court:

In 2009, Sterling agreed to pay the U.S. Justice Department a then-record $2.73 million to settle allegations his companies targeted and discriminated against blacks, Hispanics and families with children in renting apartments in greater Los Angeles.

In 2005, his company agreed to settle a similar racial discrimination suit for an undisclosed sum – "one of the largest ever obtained in this type of case," according to the judge – and a reported $5 million in plaintiff legal fees.

He's been sued multiple times by individuals on racial charges. The tape is just the latest in a near endless list of terrible comments people have relayed, often on the record, through the courts or media.

In 2011, a jury rejected a wrongful termination suit brought by longtime general manager Elgin Baylor, but it did contain Baylor's allegation, which had nothing to do with the case, that Sterling tried to control the race of his tenants because, he allegedly said, "Black tenants smell and attract vermin."
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/alleged-racist-remarks-from-clippers-owner-donald-sterling-finally-prompt-nba-investigation-174739406.html

[Tippy]

11. GOOD

[Initech]

12. Well all I have to say is:

[kelliekat44]

14. He really didn't want it anyway. nt

[Dr. Strange]

15. I guess he'll just have to make do with the NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award he won in 2009.

[Arugula Latte]

16. Just add a caret on the award and pencil in "Racist" between the word "Lifetime" and "Achievement"

But, really, what was the NAACP thinking in the first place? This guy has been a well-known racist for a long time. Does.Not.Compute.