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NAACP drops plan to honor Donald Sterling amid recording controversy
Los Angeles Times ^ | April 27, 2014 | By Ruben Vives

Posted on 04/27/2014 10:59:00 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People announced Sunday that Donald Sterling will not receive an honor amid controversy over a recording said to be of the Clippers team owner making racist remarks.

The Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP had been scheduled to give Sterling the group's lifetime achievement award at its May 15 banquet.

At the banquet, the NAACP also planned to give its first "person of the year" awards to L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Rev. Al Sharpton.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; california; clippers; donaldsterling; donsterling; ericgarcetti; journalism; losangeles; losangelesclippers; media; naacp; naacpaward; nba; packjournalism; rubenvives; sterling; sterlingracist; vanessastiviano
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I heard Magic Johnson was going to be the emcee.

I guess not now.


21 posted on 04/27/2014 1:22:27 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Apparently the vetting process used by the NAACP to determine who receives a "lifetime achievement" award needs to be fine tuned a bit. Will the NAACP take some heat for considering this guy for an award? Doubtful.

Try to imagine if he had been scheduled to receive an award from a conservative group. We would be hearing about it non-stop, with the group coming under fire as being "racist" for considering him for the award.

As much as I like seeing the leftist cannibalism going on here, did the guy really say don't bring "black people" to my games, or was he saying (I am paraphrasing here): "I don't care if you are banging other dudes, just don't bring them to the games".

It seems like the media and the left are picking a specific characteristic of the individuals being referenced and selling the narrative that he "must" have been making reference to their race as opposed to their relationship to his gold-digger, trophy gf.

I have no way of knowing, but it seems like a case of "you are only criticizing, targeting, disagreeing with me because I am black", on steroids.

22 posted on 04/27/2014 1:40:51 PM PDT by American Infidel (Instead of vilifying success, try to emulate it)
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To: dfwgator

Looks like the girlfriend is now talking through her attorney. I smell legal blackmail. Will the chick walk away with a bundle? Did he threaten her? Blah...blah...blah


23 posted on 04/27/2014 2:12:07 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

WHO secretly taped him, then released the tape???


24 posted on 04/27/2014 2:12:45 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He never did anything...just like Jessie...


25 posted on 04/27/2014 2:18:42 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We are a very sick society that the NAACP or the likes of Sharton can lecture anyone on race.


26 posted on 04/27/2014 2:22:41 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Tijeras_Slim

LOL - yep - he looks out for number one...


27 posted on 04/28/2014 9:32:18 AM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats are waging war on the middle class...)
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