NAACP Will No Longer Give Clippers Owner Lifetime Achievement Award

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2010 file photo, Los Angeles Clippers team owner Donald Sterling watches his team play in Los Angeles. A jury has returned a $17.3 million verdict against Sterling in a lawsuit by an actress w... FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2010 file photo, Los Angeles Clippers team owner Donald Sterling watches his team play in Los Angeles. A jury has returned a $17.3 million verdict against Sterling in a lawsuit by an actress who lost most of her belongings in a fire at a West Hollywood apartment building he owns. City News Service says the jury awarded $15 million in punitive damages to Robyn Cohen on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2012, in her breach-of-contract and emotional distress lawsuit. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) MORE LESS
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Interim president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Lorriane Miller, on Sunday said that the organization has decided to no longer honor Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

“He is not receiving a lifetime achievement award from the NAACP,” Miller said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” according to Politico.

Sterling, who has come under fire for allegedly telling his girlfriend not to bring black people to his games, was scheduled to receive an award from the Los Angeles NAACP chapter at an event in May.

Miller on Sunday denounced Sterling’s racist comments and called for the Clippers owner to make a statement about the audio recording of his remarks.

“If you’re silent about this, then you’re accepting this,” she said. ”People have got to say that this is not good and do something about it.”

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  1. Avatar for bdtex bdtex says:

    That call was obvious.

  2. Shouldn’t other 1%ers like the Koch brothers and lesser known money pervs have their lifestyles generally examined by a non pet press for overt signs of this type of perverted, personal racism and sexism exacerbated by vast wealth and power?
    Seems like a lot of our domestic and foreign policy ills could stem from this behavior and the other unknown behaviors this type engages in as they jet and yacht about the world…

  3. How the hell did it ever come about that he was even considered for a Lifetime Achievement Award in the first place? This man has a well-known history of racial animus from what I’ve read. Overall, he is absolutely no pinnacle of virtue. Not giving him something he never deserved, is what we call a no-frickin-brainer.

  4. Why not honor Elgin Baylor who worked for Sterling and sued him for racial discrimination? Baylor lost in the courts of corporate people and now seems vindicated in the court of public opinion. A great player in LA with the Lakers and courageous enough to sue the Clippers.

  5. Glad this happened so quickly. The walk of shame begins!

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