And chris rock is who? A comedian, no importance how i view this situation. So its okay to.say something as a 'joke' after you realize, damn i fluffed up.

But not when being baited..

Good to know.


Go to an airport and yell bomb but laugh with your fiend.. when arrested say hey you too it out of context! Let me know how that works for you

i read earlier that it was in california, and it's a 2-party consent state. so the recording was probably illegal.

http://www.rcfp.org/...te-state-guide/california

Hey, Trife, you can make fun of my age all you want, and just for the record, I am not a Tea Party Member, unless you count the Orange Pekoe Tea Party.

At least at my advanced age, I've learned a thing or two, and you have not, no matter what your age is.

The situation from my viewpoint is very, very simple, so simple that a moron can understand it.

The freaking democrats are responsible for EVERY GHETTO in the nation, without exception every city that has a large percentage of POOR people is run by democrats.

Now, they are running the country and DOING THE SAME THING to ALL of us.

In addition, OBAMA and his lawless administration are shredding the document that guarantees us the right to redress, assemble, protest and in short, control our own government.

The sumfluff acts like he's the fluffing Emperor and all you sycophants of his are lined up to give him a blow job.

When the hammer falls, and it will without some intervention by THE PEOPLE. I'll be waiting to hear you scream about how bad things are.

Just imagine this. OBAMA has set some pretty radical precedents on the abuse of presidential power, now picture that in the hands of a REAL evil Republican. You see where this could go yet?

Morons are real quick to jump on the bandwagon when it's going the way they think it should go, but real slow to jump off when the fluffing thing derails and goes awry, then have to look around and find someone who was not on the bandwagon to win the fluff back for them.

You're all crazy if you want to follow the democrats into socialism. There's a reason that all the seriously oppressive governments call themselves "democratic".

For example, the "Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea", nothing democratic about them, and a very long way from a republic. Then the now defunct DDR remember them? The Democratic German Republic, or the Deutsche Demokratische Republic? East Germany?

Get real, if you want that style of government EMIGRATE, GET THE fluff OUT, GO LIVE THERE, don't bring that fluff here.

thanks for helping me with my point, kind sir!

saying bomb on a stage as a comedian, and saying bomb in an airport as a passenger are two completely different things, because of the context of said statements.

thanks again sir!

i made it to there before i started busted out in laughter, and then did a confused *facepalm*

holy monkeyballs batman, you've gotta either be off your old people meds, have your tinfoil hat on far too tight, or just suffer from some sort of mental disorder.

thanks for the mid afternoon laugh

also, your use of the word ghetto doesn't quite sit well with me, and to some im sure it's probably downright offensive. sure, we have detroit, but to call it a ghetto is just straight up retarded.

i'm starting to think you're just a very very very good troll, cerberus. atleast i hope so lol

What exactly did Sterling say? So far, googling hasn't revealed exactly what he said. I would like to judge for myself whether i think this guy is racist or not, and whether the punishment fits the crime.

Oh, and "banned from NBA games" is not really a punishment. He can turn on the TV if he really wants to see that boring ass sport. The $2.5 million fine is a different story, but who really cares when you have $700 million.

Trife, even you can't refute Detroit's problems. There is no amount of liberal spin you can put on that Democratic Trainwreck.

Look at Chicago, with the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, yet the highest incidence of gun related violence. How do you explain that one. Been run by the democrats for almost 75 years now, and the people aren't any wealthier, in fact, they're worse off than they ever were.

The liberals couldn't run the tinker toy train at the mall successfully. They've proven it over and over and over. They're all CRAZY. The evidence is there for everyone to see, right out in the open, you don't even gotta move anything to see it.

The definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, well, refute that the liberals aren't crazy, Trife? Using your words, and cite your evidence.

I'll be happy to cite chapter and verse in return that I'm right and you're mentally deranged.

the nba is fascist.

Ohhh, it doesnt sit well with you? Poor trifey. Lol. Did you vomit?

https://www.youtube.com/...ture=youtube_gdata_player

Furthermore. ...

https://www.youtube.com/...ture=youtube_gdata_player

Stfu bleeding heart trife! You dont know wtf youre talking about.

Oh, so other than the racist thing he was doing, you mean. This cracks me up

there's no point in arguing with you, it'd be like talking with a rock. or perhaps a wet sponge. did you remember to take your tea party crazy pills this morning?

As I mature over the years, I find myself agreeing with Trife more. Not sure how I feel about this.

He says he doesn't hate them, but he just doesn't think this woman should be seen with them. What?? Why can't she be seen with them, then??? And in what world is it wrong to be seen with Magic freaking Johnson at an NBA game? He can *say* he doesn't hate them all he wants, and maybe some people will fall for that, but obviously in his view there's something shameful in being around them, that it's only appropriate to have them work *for you.*

He's all-around absurd, and it's not realistic to have a man like that owning a team in which 90% of the players on the floor are black. And he has enough other racist history - discriminatory housing, discriminatory workplace (Elgin Baylor), walking into the locker room with people and saying 'look at these beautiful black bodies' - that the 'plantation mindset' description really hits home here. It was simply not tenable for him to continue to operate the team, because nobody could be expected to really want to play for him.

But I just wanna, before wrapping up, scold the people who think he wasn't racist a bit more.
"I'm not racist." *insists you take down instagram photos of black people* "Why are you saying I'm racist?" *discriminates against minorities* "It really hurts me to hear you call me racist."
Earth EMpires players: Well, he said he's not racist!

All Cerb posts should ALWAYS be ignored, no matter what the topic. He's simply not capable of learning or responding to other people. Not to be too rude, but I think he literally *is* a rock.

No one of significant intelligence (Trife, you are excused) can tell me that that recording was racist. It was the words of a jealous man. If that could be taken to court, it would be thrown out. I hope he ties it up in court and gets hundreds of millions from it as he should.

You can make the claim that he is racist, but base that on all his other body of work (which from everywhere its mostly all ALLEGED this and ALLEGED that). If you claim to be going by that 10 minute recording (IF ANY OF YOU ACTUALLY EVEN LISTENED TO IT) then it would be highly ignorant to claim racism based on that recording.

I listened to it. I typed out some of the things he said as well, things like this...

DS: Why are you broadcasting?
V: I'm not broadcasting anything.
DS: And why are you taking pictures with minorities? Why??
/
V: Who am I disrespecting?
DS: The world before you.
V: Why am I disrespecting them?
DS: By walking, and you're perceived as either a Latina or a white girl.
Why can't you be walking publicly with black people? Why?? Is there a benefit to you?
V: Is it a benefit to me? Does it matter if they're white or blue or yellow?
DS: I guess that you don't know that. Maybe you're stupid. Maybe you don't know what people think of you. IT DOES MATTER, YEAH! It matters.
/

Can you tell me how instructing someone not to post any photos of themselves with black people, instructing them not to 'broadcast' that they have relationships with black people, is not racist?

On a side note, everyone go watch Sunday's Family Guy, hilarious and true to point.

I can guarantee you that Obama, Oprah, et all have made worse statements (in the privacy of their inner circles) than Sterling made in that recording. You think they never said something about "that white boy" or "white people"? Seriously?

The wife of a friend of mine started ranting on this on FB, she's black. It wasn't long before everyone started pitching in and pretty soon it was a Sterling lynch fest (and it seemed based on sound clips of the recording) No one even bothered to listen to the whole recording let alone do some research on the man, like sheep, they just went with the public sentiment. After reading it for a little bit I decided to throw in my 2 cents. Afterall, I have heard worse than that recording said about white folks/hispanic/asian/blacks/africans/jamaicans/younameit from my inner circle of friends. Most of the people commenting on the thread I know personally. So I decided to throw in a few spanners in the works and started citing statements that many of them have made over the years. From BDay parties, Xmas parties, Thanksgiving, you name it. Some of these statements was about several of the other parties that had been posting on the same thread. Guess how long it took for the thread to go quiet? That's right. I've been fielding calls from people that suddenly won't post on the thread asking me why I had to call them out like that. Funny stuff.

And it is everywhere, my clique is just a microcosm of life. If you choose not to believe that then you play this game too much and should get out more.

seriously? and you call me stupid? you should look up his 'other body of work', specifically:

"In 2003, 19 tenants in a Los Angeles building called the Ardmore sued Sterling for discriminatory practices. The suit was settled in 2005, and the details are confidential, but the U.S. District Court judge who oversaw the case said that “the monetary settlement here is one of the largest ever obtained in this type of case.”

The plaintiffs did get their legal fees reimbursed, however, to the tune of $4.9 million.

Details of the case also came out when one of his top property supervisors, a woman named Sumner Davenport, sued him for sexual harassment. (She lost the case.)

In depositions for her suit, Davenport described interactions with Ardmore tenants. She said that when Sterling first bought the Ardmore, he talked about its odor. "That's because of all the blacks in this building. They smell, they're not clean," he said. "And it's because of all of the Mexicans that just sit around and smoke and drink all day." He added, "So we have to get them out of here."

Sterling employees were expected to make the lives of minority tenants miserable, Davenport claimed, in an attempt to drive them out.

In August 2006, the Department of Justice brought suit against Sterling for business practices violating the Fair Housing Act. Apparently, Sterling systematically favored Korean tenants over African-American and Latino ones, as well as families with children.

"I like Korean employees and I like Korean tenants," he is said to have told an engineer at one of his properties.

He wasn’t joking. According to ESPN The Magazine, in his Equal Employment Opportunity filings for 2003, he listed 74 white employees, four Latinos, zero blacks and 30 Asians — 26 of them women. Those figures were consistent with other years, according to the magazine.

That suit was also settled, in 2009, to the tune of $2.73 million, which was at the time the DOJ’s largest discrimination settlement involving rental units."

taken from:

http://latino.foxnews.com/...ng-on-alleged-racism-and/

And also, for character reference for DS:

And Sterling’s alleged extramarital relations with women have led to more lawsuits and settlements than even he seems able to keep tabs on. In 1996, a former employee named Christine Jaksy sued him for harassment, which was settled confidentially.

There was a woman named Alexandra Castro, whom he met at Al Davis’ birthday party in 1999. They reportedly developed a sexual relationship that – he maintained in depositions – was strictly for pay. In 2004, they wound up in court, battling over a $1 million home that she claimed he had given her. He wanted it back.

Does it even need to be said? The suit was settled confidentially."

I dunno what to say here.. I was thinking either

1) where there is smoke, there is fire

or

2) if someone acts like a bigot, speaks like a bigot, gets sued for being a bigot, odds are they are a bigot.

DS: By walking, and you're perceived as either a Latina or a white girl.
Why can't you be walking publicly with black people? Why?? Is there a benefit to you?

Maybe she only hangs out with 'black people' when she take selfies of herself indoors and he wants to know why she is never outdoors with them only indoors. What is she doing indoors with men all the time and she has a boyfriend? Of course he's going to be jealous. How old is she? 15? I want to see these pictures myself.

ugh, i don't even

*facepalm*

this thread has gotten too herp derp for me.

I think the old guy just hates the idea of a black man fluffing his old lady. Its a turn off to him. It isnt anything new. I know guys that are mexican, black, white, chinese, japanese ect that all feel the same way about race mixing. Its stupid, but thats the way the world works. As for his punishment, i couldnt give two fluffs... whatever gets people to stfu about it. It doesnt effect me or my family. I dont feel like i have to stand with anyone on this stupid insignificant matter to show everyone how sensitive i am about fluff.

If you listened to the complete tape, you know the issue is that he doesn't want her broadcasting that she's around black people. He says she can do whatever she wants during all the rest of her time, but that he doesn't want her to put out in the public any images of her with black people. He thinks it taints her image and he wants her to come off as more 'white.' He thinks being seen in a photograph with a black person will be bad for her/his image. Apparently someone called him and told him she had pics with Magic Johnson and Matt Kemp on her Instagram feed, and Sterling has a problem with that. That's, like, really racist.

Saying "other people have done racist things" doesn't mean that Sterling did nothing racist. There's no innocent explanation for his position. And btw, I'd personally be surprised if your friends did anything as extreme as telling a person, for example, "no photos of black people on your Facebook" (or alternatively "no photos of white people on your Facebook"). That's just a really shocking demand, isn't it? In a way that saying "white boy" or even "cracker" or whatever definitely is not.

He told her she COULD fluff black people, she just couldn't post any pictures of any black people on Instagram. Basically, if she wanted to do anything with black people in private, it was fine, but she couldn't broadcast any friendships or relationships with black people to the public, couldn't "promote" these black people.

There is nothing rasicst about that conversation. People need to grow the fluff up and stop being hypocrites. Society as awhole is so afraid of a white person being rascist that its in ridiculous. How many times do we see black men/women make off color remarks, and no one bats an eye.

Spike lee makes all stereotypical movies portraying whites as evil people

Charles Barkley in an interview in 95(?) Says ' i hate white people'

Larry Johnson calls for an all black league, black players an owners only.

Wait...didnt we merge the NBA with ABA? To stop having segregated leagues?

Lol. The guy is a hypocrite. I dont have any respect for guys like that. His old lady looks like a fluffing whore anyway, he should accept that fact instead of attempting to cover it up.

It's an effect of aging on the brain, dude. You're going to be senile in a few years. Quick register as a democrat and help get the evil Hillary elected so you guys can finish off the US.

You cant fix stupid.

Btw that fluff is old cerb. I decided that people are different and thst isnt changing. You have to let go or you will go all Jared laughdner on us. Dont shoot innocent women and children cause you want your own currency and think the democrats are the devil! For the love of christ man!!

All boils down, racism is a double standard in this country. Plain and simple. White says something about minority and everyone wants their head, minority says something about whites, swept under rug. Deny it and your clueless.

Man, poor white people.

Blid is black! Look at his comment! lol. jk blid.

as a 29 year old white male, i wish everyone would stop persecuting and discriminating against me!

/s

Trife, when was the last time you were in Detroit?

Living 40 minutes away, I go there often. Calling Detroit a ghetto is probably an understatement, if anything. The place is a complete dump of a city and it was because of its own horrible policies and insolvency that it is where it is at today.

They are relocating civilians out of entire neighborhoods because they have been deemed "unlivable" and demolishing some 30 houses a day. Detroit is not in good shape. There is brushing it up to make it look better than it is.

Chicago, Atlanta, Philly, and NYC are not far behind. Philly and Atlanta being the 2 closest to going belly up within the next decade. It is a result of policy.


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Back to the point - This could have been curtailed decades ago and it was not. Who is responsible for letting it slide all this time?

parts of atlanta, maybe, but a great majority of atlanta's just fine. especially when compared with detroit :P

last time I was in detroit was just a few months ago, however that was the airport :) i know detroit's in rough shape but i don't think it should be called a ghetto. as bad as it is, it's not a ghetto

actually, after looking up some things i think we're both right. while ghetto is fitting of detroit, i don't think it's a good word to call it. anywhos, more important things to be arguing about hehe

http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/...ynd_facebook_043014_cn_40

WOW...

"Sir... the question was... is this your handwriting?"

LOL

People live in ghettos, who lives in Detroit?

I saw some Real Estate in Michigan... houses from like $1K - $10K. Crazy.

Its not poor white people, blid. Its about the fact that he gets persecuted but the others dont.

Oh no rascist! Hang em!

I dont hear these un just callings of rascism when it benefits minorities Only when they dont agree do they to get there panties in a bunch. As soon as they need something though, but im a minority!

The past is the past, if people learned the difference between resentment and rascism, things like this wouldnt be such a big deal.

I understand why the NBA did what they did. The backlash from fans, players, and sponsors was huge, and the NBA's response had to match that. Anything less than what they did would have caused a lot of unrest among the players and potentially devastating consequences if the playoffs were disrupted or if sponsors pulled out across the league.

Anything that they did, they can undo. They can lift the ban and rescind the fine. But their response was necessary to calm everyone down.

Personally I don't think the league or the owners give a fluff about his beliefs. They need to protect their assets. In any partnership, if one partner represents a huge loss to the rest, they cut him loose. This is what's going on here.

What needs to happen is for the public to wake up and realize what's going on. This was a private conversation with a close friend. Have we completely given up our right to privacy? What will this mean moving forward? Do we need to watch what we say in private to our friends in fear that it might be made public? Everybody who is bashing Sterling right now has said something to their family or friends, either seriously or in jest, that if said in public would get them in trouble. All of us have. And about his views? Yeah, they're deplorable. They're disgusting. They're backward thinking and they have no place in our society. But he's an old man. He grew up in a different world. He's not the only one that has those views. And, as far as I can tell, he still lets minorities play on his team and come to his games. His personal feelings are just that - his personal feelings. As far as the public, players, and sponsors react to this with emotion the owners will have no choice but to vote to force him to sell and start a very long and expensive legal battle. But if people pause for a minute and take a look at the whole situation they might back off a little bit. The only way the NBA will back off on their stance vis-a-vis Sterling is if the public backlash dies down. As long as Sterling represents a cancer in the revenue stream of the NBA, there's no way they'll keep him around.

the only way to make it fair is for a black person to become a billionaire, purachse an nba franchise, purchase for nights a woman of minority (white and christian?), and then ask that white people not be invited to his games on his dollar.

also, billionaire injury lawyer? i'm sorry, anybody on the planet thought he was worth his weight in polluted salt water? really? it took black people being spoken poorly of, for this person to be a bad person? really?

I didn't read the thread other than the OP but 3 things:

1) Banning Sterling was the only possible business decision
2) It is scary and unfortunate that a private conversation can destroy you.
3) What he said is true racism. Most of what the media portrays as racism is garbage, but refusal to associate with individuals because of their race is some of the worst kinds of racism.

I believe all of this is just a case of 'past deeds'.

It's like Ron Artest, fouling somebody hard but not intentionally, but since he's been known to do rough fouls, he will get a flagrant foul (and probably fines after).

Plus he beats his dogs. Only a punk fluff beats his dogs and women.

my choice is being owned by whitey or Oprah? let it be whitey. Oprah is a fat greedy beotch from hell.

oops, my bad. y'all had all this minority rascists crap worked out. like there is actually a larger group of minorities than rich white Americans. well, i suppose that there really are more poor African Americans, but they don't count too good because of the American education system.