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Don’t Knock V. Stiviano’s Gold-Digging Hustle
Like every other adult with Internet access, I’ve been following the Donald Sterling saga since TMZ released the hidden recording of his racist rants on Friday night. Over the past many days, it’s all anyone seems to talk about. Surely, recently departed Scandal co-star Columbus Short is somewhere thanking the gods for taking the attention…
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Get a Grip, America. Don Sterling’s Racist Rant Isn’t Anything New
The uproar over the racist comments allegedly made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling continues, with folks launching petitions and calling for his head with as much venom as Cersei Lannister from an episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones. For some strange reason, people act surprised by the comments made by Sterling, who has…
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NBA: Donald Sterling Is Banned for Life From LA Clippers and the League
Updated Tuesday, April 29, 2:30 p.m: In his first ruling as NBA commissioner, Adam Silver confirmed that the voice heard on both recordings spewing racist hate was, in fact, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and has banned Sterling for life from all NBA events and facilities. Silver will also encourage members of the NBA board…
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Rutgers Students to Protest Condoleezza Rice Speech
A group of Rutgers University students is planning a sit-in to protest the school’s decision to have Condoleezza Rice as the keynote speaker at next month’s commencement. According to the Associated Press, some 50 students are set to protest in one of the school’s administration buildings to show their discontent with the role the former…
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Mark Jackson Calls for Game 5 Boycott as Clippers Sponsors Continue to Flee
While everyone awaits NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s decision—expected sometime Tuesday—regarding the purported racist ramblings of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson is calling for an L.A. boycott of Game 5 of the playoffs. In what would be L.A.’s first home game since the recordings were leaked to TMZ, Jackson…
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Brazilian Soccer Player Dani Alves’ Epic Response to Banana Thrown at Him
Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves shrugged off a racist jester with good humor while playing a game in Villarreal, Spain, on Sunday. According to CNN, Alves, who plays for Barcelona, good-naturedly picked up a banana that a Villarreal fan threw at him during the game and took a big bite of the fruit before continuing…
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Black Success Can’t Change Warped Views Like Donald Sterling’s
Revelations of the Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s reportedly racist comments about African Americans shine light on contemporary race relations, where, frequently, the truth is only said behind closed doors. Sterling’s alleged remarks, about a female friend “associating with black people” was spurred by pictures that she posted to her Instagram account, posing with…
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Donald Sterling vs. Systemic Racism: It’s OK, We Can Talk About Both
Editor’s note: We took Race Manners to Facebook today, where The Root’s senior staff writer, Jenée Desmond-Harris, engaged in a live Q&A with readers. They wanted to talk about—what else?—Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s recent racist rant, how we should make sense of it, and the players’ reaction to the news that their boss didn’t want…
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10 Jaw-Dropping Instances of Racism in Professional Sports
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and, by association, the NBA are having one hell of a week. TMZ released an audiotape of a man who sounds an awful lot like Sterling, expressing disgust over his girlfriend’s Instagram photos with black men. But this isn’t the first time that “sports” and “race” have collided in…
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Iconic Jazz Club Is Reborn in Harlem
When restaurateur and executive chef Alexander Smalls and his business partner Richard Parsons, former CEO of Time Warner and retired chairman of Citigroup, began scouting for spots in Harlem to fulfill their vision for fine dining and upscale entertainment about five years ago, they knew it would be an uphill battle. After settling on the…