AC360 Exclusive: Donald Sterling talks about racism, his marriage and the future ownership of the Clippers
Donald Sterling is on the verge of losing his basketball team and his marriage. But is he ready to fight to hold onto either of them? In his exclusive interview with Anderson Cooper, Sterling discusses his impending divorce. When it comes to the NBA, he says "I want to show all of the people that are associated with basketball and the world I'm not a racist."
Throughout his interview with Anderson Cooper, Donald Sterling denies being a racist. When asked whether he believes racism is still a problem in America, Sterling said "I think America handles everything well."
Donald Sterling's racist comments came as no surprise to NBA Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor. He sued the Clippers after more than two decades as the team's general manager. In the lawsuit, he described Sterling as having a "plantation-type" mentality. Sterling responded to that, along with allegations that he would bring women into the team locker room while telling them to look at players' "beautiful black bodies."
During the interview, Donald Sterling referred to his wife Shelly as his "ex-wife." He explained to Anderson what went wrong in their relationship.
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The unfortunate part of the whole situation is that regardless of the public outcry the man won't get his just deserved. With the amount of money and power this man wields its nearly impossible to stop him from endorsing the most outrages opinions. I understand that everyone is entitled to their opinion but to be fair we are an educated social driven society with moral standards and if he is unable to work within this realms with his public business practices then we as a whole need to stop supporting him and his entire franchise. I speak a little more in depth in my article on my website. Check it out if you want to know more about how I feel. http://www.officialblue.ca/donald-sterling-racist-comments/
The unfortunate part of the whole situation is that regardless of the public outcry the man won't get his just deserved. With the amount of money and power this man wields its nearly impossible to stop him from endorsing the most outrages opinions. I understand that everyone is entitled to their opinion but to be fair we are an educated social driven society with moral standards and if he is unable to work within this realms with his public business practices then we as a whole need to stop supporting him and his entire franchise. I speak a little more in depth in my article on my website. Check it out if you want to know more about how I feel. http://www.officialblue.ca/donald-sterling-racist-comments/
What kills me about the clippers owner not wanting to sell the team?? It's the fact that the league wouldn't have to take action if the fans did not show up for the games and the star players would refuse to play for him and demand a trade! Also any team they was scheduled to play them should not be fined if the players refused to play against them forfeiting the games !!! Sterling would lose more money than any fine and the teams stock and value would plummet so low that he would have to practically give them
Away ! But as usual Americans will not stick together or stand up for anything !
I could care less about sterling what II care about is the unemployment situation and how some people are loosing all they have because of one hold out.