Lovely accommodating companionship. We look at how and why this man Donald Sterling, billionaire owner of the l. A. Clippers got himself tape recorded in the worst such case of verbal selfdestruction since mitt romneys 47 debacle. Or going back further, to richard nixon. Lets try to see this case for what it is. But also where it fits into history of Race Relations in this country and more particularly, the world of comments people make that get recorded and ripped ascab from what is increasingly i think a healthy attitude in this country. Especially among the young. If possible tonight, we can chart where this particular episode will take us. Is Donald Sterling dead as an nba owner . Is he really . Lets get to that one right now. Kareem abduljabbar is the alltime scoring leader in nba history. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame in 1995. Same amick covers usa today. Tmz posted a tape that they say is donald steriling. It hasnt been authenticated but sterling has not denie
for sterling and for bundy. we re writing comments like that out of public life. and that is really important in and of itself. a few years ago, you could imagine, there was an owner named marty schott. me made a lot of comments. now there s a possibility donald sterile willing not own an nba team next year. the condemnation has been universal, strong, unequivocal and that s significant. same question, do you think the conversation whites have among themselves when there aren t any blacks present has changed dramatically in the last 20 or 30 years? or it s the same. i want to know what you think. we don t know what s your sense? my sense is it s changed a lot. it s not where i want it to be. i agree with james. i think there are probably more people saying these kinds of things. like donald sterling said than i would like them to. there s all kinds of studies
it was all about usefulness, apparently. the players made him money and the girl friend was useful in other ways. if it was him on the tape tape what he had no use for was black people who couldn t play basketball or offering him lovely accommodating companionship. we look at how and why this man donald sterling, billionaire owner of the l.a. clippers got himself tape recorded in the worst such case of verbal self-destruction since mitt romney s 47% debacle. or going back further, to richard nixon. let s try to see this case for what it is. but also where it fits into history of race relations in this country and more particularly, the world of comments people make that get recorded and ripped ascab from what is increasingly i think a healthy attitude in this country. especially among the young. if possible tonight, we can chart where this particular episode will take us. is donald sterling dead as an nba owner? is he really? let s get to that one right now. kareem abdul-jabb