sterling has agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle allegations that he discriminated against african-americans, hispanics and families with children at apartment buildings he controls in los angeles. not exactly from this lawsuit, from the things that you just listed there. not exactly someone who, shall shall we say, is representing the nba in a manner that that they the manner in which they would want. and that s why on some level, although this is clearly a water shed moment for adam silver, new commissioner, this is not a new problem. just like when major league baseball got mark shaub out of the game, it was a career pattern of racist behavior. let me ask you, is there any consideration here of pushing him out of the league?
boycott of clippers games but argues say that s punishing the players. joe fryer outside the arena for us in oakland. lorraine is the president of the n a, acp. set to give a lifetime achievement award to donald sterling. this morning you announced that s not happening. here is the thing. sterling has a checkered history of. former players accused him of racist behavior. sports illustrated saying the justice department presented evidence in a 2009 housing discrimination report against sterling alleging he made statements indicating that african-americans and hispanics were not desirable tenants. he settled the suit for nearly $3 million without admitting wrongdoing. why would the naacp choose to honor sterile pg in the first place?
if you want to talk about people clapping racist behavior, that s exactly what you see in this video. reporter: the controversy he stirred up and the way he succeeded in panicking the obama administration resulted in a public apology from the white house to sherrod. and on behalf of the administration, i offer our apologies. reporter: pretty much everywhere he goes these days, andrew brietbart is looking for a fight. new york times, are you in the room? are you in the room? yeah. you re despicable. reporter: if you interview breitbart, you know what you re in for. as i found out. what i want to ask you is about the president of the united states. who you consider a far leftist. what s wrong with saying nothing. there s no evidence hold on. i m just trying reporter: in the angry bruising world of modern american politics and media, there is no angrier rhetorical bruiser than andrew breitbart. you are a despicable human
breitbart insisted he was using it to attack the naacp, which in inviting sherrod to speak says it condones racist behavior. watch. this tape is about the naacp. it s about nondiscrimination and when shirley sherrod is talking there, in which she expresses a discriminatory attitude towards rebuked her. with us now is benjamin jealous, president of the naacp. you say that they were snookered by fox news and activist andrew breitbart. no one said you had to put out a statement yesterday, condemning her remarks and supporting her forced resignation. why was the naacp so quick to back up this woman s ouster?
insisted that he was using it to attack the naacp, which in inviting sherrod to speak, says it condones racist behavior. watch. this tape is about the naacp. it s about nondiscrimination and when shirley sherrod is talking there, in which she expresses a discriminatory attitude towards white people, the audience responds with applause and the naacp agrees with me and it rebuked her. with us now is benjamin jealous, president and ceo of the naacp. you say that they were snookered by fox news and activist andrew breitbart. no one held a gun to your head, saying you had to put out a statement yesterday, condemning her remarks and supporting her forced resignation. why was the naacp so quick to back up this woman s ouster? to pull this country back together, to deal with this