Posted on 04/29/2014 5:24:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin
WESTWOOD (CBSLA.com) — Researchers at UCLA will return a portion of a $3 million pledge that Clippers owner Donald Sterling made to support kidney research, school officials announced Tuesday.
The university is returning the initial $425,000 payment from the Donald T. Sterling Foundation made earlier this month, and will not accept the balance of the money, calling the comments he made in a recorded conversation “divisive and hurtful,” according to spokesperson Phil Hampton.
Dr. Ira Kurtz, a professor of medicine in UCLA’s Division of Nephrology was awarded the gift earlier this month to fund research on the structural properties of key proteins in the kidney that affect its function in health and disease.
KNX 1070′s Ed Mertz reports the project’s ultimate goal is to aid in the development of drugs to treat patients with kidney disorders.
The school issued the following statement: “Mr. Sterling’s divisive and hurtful comments demonstrate that he does not share UCLA’s core values as a public university that fosters diversity, inclusion and respect. For those reasons, UCLA has decided to return Mr. Sterling’s initial payment of $425,000 and reject the remainder of a $3 million pledge he recently made to support basic kidney research by the UCLA Division of Nephrology.”
UCLA officials also addressed inquiries about an advertisement that appeared in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times “falsely suggesting that it was UCLA publicly thanking him for the gift.”
The ad was placed by Sterling, not the university, according to Hampton.
yes, what an awful thing to do for the research.
Political Correctness gone wild! What morons!
It could have been the $3mil that save millions.
Hatred of those deemed Politically Incorrectness runs deep.
The literal shunning of the non-PC is now PC.
A hospital is returning money for medical research.
Now we just need the NAACP to give his money back, too. Unless, of course, that somehow qualifies as an “indulgence”.
What a stupid and criminal waste.
Aw come on, do you realize that black victims have had their itty bitty feelings hurt yet again?
I guess sick and dying black people are not as important as having a grievance against a rich white guy.
I blame Viagea
Viagra
Well, we can abort ‘em early on, but if we don’t get them then it’s a lot more trouble!
On the other hand, we can stop research on kidney diseases by refusing funding. Then they die of kidney disease. That’s it! Neat, clean, lethal and it does not look bad to us so we don’t have to feel bad about ourselves! The answer to our dreams. Kill ‘em while we wear our cloaks of righteousness! (/liberal)
I would hope someone would speak up about the “cutting off nose to spite face” action of not accepting research funds.
Just shows you that these foundations aren’t really concerned about the charity the represent!
This man is the target of satan-worshipping leftists acting on orders of the White House.
My bad!
How did you possibly get that my 83 year old grandfather was bused? I pretty clearly stated that I was the subject. Please re-read my post. I never once insinuated that came from my grandfather.
Sorry for my quick previous response. Thanks to Catherine for her eye on this.
Keeping Up Appearances is more important than accepting help from;
A silly,stupid,(perhaps even lonely, but really a jerk,)old fool. Was being serviced by a young female gold digger who was in turn being was being serviced by much youger black bucks at his expence which she paraded in front of him. Just to piss him off. Somehow after speaking with her lawyer sets up a situation where the dotting dupe seeing what little loyalty to him he expected from her being destroyed. Vents his frustration over a taped phone conversation that suddenly gets made public.
Is a very stupid reason to refuse funding for a worthy cause.
No problemo.
I simply misread it.
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