Donald Sterling

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now it means vocalizing that you dont like groups that you are "supposed" to like

It go way way beyond that, see some of Buttermilk postings, it is racism to post anything that a member of such groups do not wish to hear or care for and it is even borderline racism to not repeat not to take part in attacking anyone who dare to post anything that those group members do not wish to hear.

Poor Buttermilk took to task a number of members here who did not attacked me for my postings.

It IS about his property (tickets) being given away for free
without his permission by his mistress, who had access to them,
and his raising an objection. That is what I "know".


David

Do you also think this situation is about tickets being given away to blacks rather than paid for by them?

There is such a thing as reality--generally agreed on by a consensus in perception of events. This situation has nothing to do with the sort of fanciful thinking David is engaging in with the ticket nonsense.

You stop playing "thought-sheriff"--if I think David sounds like a jerk, I'll call him a jerk.

But Sterling didn't advertise," Maher explained, "He was bugged. "

Our community here is almost 100% white.

I think the tickets and who paid for them may have been a contributing factor in Sterling's comments.
Doesn't mean there wasn't a bad racial component at all - but still, a factor.

A photo Stiviano posted on Instagram of herself with Lakers legend Magic Johnson was the main topic of a taped conversation in which a man said to be Clippers owner Donald Sterling asks her not to publicly associate with African Americans.

On the tape, Stiviano asks if she should change the color of her skin. The man identified as Sterling said "that isn't the issue" but asks why she is "taking pictures with minorities," referring to Johnson.

"What's wrong with minorities? What's wrong with black people?" Stiviano says.

On another tape, apparently a different portion of the same conversation that was posted by the sports website Deadspin on Sunday, Stiviano says she removed photos of black people from her Instagram. She kept a photo of herself with Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp because Kemp is light-skinned, she says.

"I didn't remove Matt Kemp and Magic Johnson, but I thought Matt Kemp is mixed, and he was OK, just like me.... He's lighter and whiter than me," she says.

Throughout the tapes, Stiviano is heard challenging the request that she scrub African Americans from her social media pages. At one point, she asks if she would be allowed to post a photo of Larry Bird.

"You're supposed to be a delicate white or a delicate Latina girl," the man said to be Sterling says at one point.

Nehoray said Stiviano, 31, made the recording of Sterling, but had no role in its release to the website TMZ. According to Nehoray, the recorded conversation took place in Stiviano's home. Sterling, 80, knew he was being recorded, and another person was present in the room, Nehoray said. On the recording, Sterling can be heard telling Stiviano not to bring black people to his basketball games, along with numerous other racist comments.

What's even more disturbing? Sterling was sued for housing discrimination by 19 plaintiffs in 2003, according to The Associated Press.

In this case, Sterling was accused of trying to drive blacks and Latinos out of buildings he owned in Koreatown.

In November, Sterling was ordered to pay a massive settlement in that case.

Terms were not disclosed, but the presiding judge said this was "one of the largest" settlements ever in this sort of matter.

The tip of the iceberg: Sterling had to play $5 million just for the plaintiffs' attorney fees.

I think the tickets and who paid for them may have been a contributing factor in Sterling's comments.

It seems messed up to me that a group can latch on to MILD racist comments to try to get a guy for past injustices. Why didn't they cite the worse landlord issue

Former NBA great, Hall-of-Famer, and current Bobcats owner Michael Jordan issued a statement Sunday regarding the alleged racist comments from Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

"I look at this from two perspectives -- as a current owner and as a former player. As an owner, I'm obviously disgusted that a fellow team owner could hold such sickening and offensive views. I'm confident that Adam Silver will make a full investigation and take appropriate action quickly.

As a former player, I'm completely outraged. There is no room in the NBA -- or anywhere else -- for the kind of racism and hatred that Mr. Sterling allegedly expressed. I am appalled that this type of ignorance still exists within our country and at the highest levels of our sport. In a league where the majority of players are African-American, we cannot and must not tolerate discrimination at any level. "

The statement comes as a change in M.O for the Bulls legend, who has always shied away from political situations and controversy. The strength of the language illustrates the widespread outrage at the alleged comments.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/24541870/michael-jordan-issues-statement-on-alleged-sterling-racist-remarks

There was a massive response from NBA players, their union threatened a walkout if he wasn't removed,

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I think the tickets and who paid for them may have been a contributing factor in Sterling's comments.

Sterling likely did not have the right to demand that his money
not be used to get blacks into the arena.

It seems messed up to me that a group can latch on to MILD racist comments