From [HERE] Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has a reputation for being one of the most insensitive owners in the NBA. In January, NBA legend Elgin Baylor filed a lawsuit against Sterling and the Clippers.
Baylor, who once served as the team's GM, claimed that Sterling fired him because of racial discrimination and would often bring black women into the locker room, telling the players, "Look at these beautiful black bodies."
He also said that Sterling underpaid black players during the 1980s.Sterling put himself and the Clippers organization in an unfavorable position with a recent ad that was featured in the LA Times for Black History Month. The ad states: "In honor of Black History Month, the Clippers will admit 1,000 underprivileged children for free."
The offensive ad equates black children with being underprivileged and makes a generalization about an entire race. It also proves that Sterling and the Clippers put very little thought into an appropriate way to celebrate Black History Month. Moreover, the game takes place two days after the official end of Black History Month.
Sterling's questionable business decision has kept the Clippers in the cellar of the NBA for nearly three decades. But his history of racial insensitivity should force NBA commissioner David Stern to investigate whether Sterling deserves the privilege of owning a professional basketball team. –a.r.