LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling criticized over alleged comments
Posted April 27, 2014 11:31 am.
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LOS ANGELES (NEWS1130) – Magic Johnson is calling upon NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to “come down hard” on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who is alleged to have made racially charged comments and urged a girlfriend to not bring black people to his team’s games.
Johnson was a subject of the comments Sterling allegedly made on an audio recording obtained and released by TMZ.
The former Lakers guard says Sterling “shouldn’t own a team anymore.”
Johnson has already said he would not attend Clippers games as long as Sterling remains owner.
He also says the Clippers should be focused on their ongoing playoff series with Golden State and not the latest scandal involving their owner.
President Barack Obama says the comments reportedly made by Sterling are “incredibly offensive racist statements,” before casting them as part of a continuing legacy of slavery and segregation that Americans must confront.
“When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t really have to do anything, you just let them talk,” Obama adds.
Meanwhile, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has announced it will not be presenting Sterling with a Lifetime Achievement Award on May 15, as was originally planned.
