Yesterday,
I expressed my completely correct opinions (also known as facts) about the
Donald Sterling racism scandal.
Considering
what happened on a public school bus in Dover, Delaware, yesterday, I think a
decent chunk of it bears repeating:
“Racist
comments are apparently not protected under the NBA’s terms and agreements of
ownership. So the organization is legally allowed to throw Donald Sterling
under the regulatory bus and run over him as many times as it sees fit. In this
case, 2.5 million times. And then some.
“Legally,
it has every right. But logically? This was a cowardly PR stunt, pure and
simple.
“He
did bring a lot of negative attention on the NBA, so I can see banning him for
a year. But inflicting the most drastic punishment for expressing some stupid
comments?
“That’s
actually kind-of scary. It tells me that society is terrified of offending
certain groups. It says that, as a nation, we are more focused on gaining
approval – or even worse, avoiding disapproval – than doing the right thing.
“I
mean, what would the NBA do if one of its own was involved in an assault allegation?
Or rape? Or murder? My guess is not much, since those actual crimes are a lot
more societally acceptable than merely hurting the wrong people’s feelings.
“Again,
Sterling is a racist, and I don’t feel sorry for him one bit. But that doesn’t
mean I’m happy about his sentencing. Because it tells me we’re nowhere even
close to solving our race issues.”
Then
just to prove me right, there’s news coming out of Dover, Delaware, about a
cellphone video of black teenage boys beating up a white student on a public
school bus heading home from Parkway Academy School.
You
think anyone is covering this other than a few conservative sites such
as Breitbart? If you do, you’re living under a rock.
Worse
yet, the bus driver didn’t stop the bus, call the police or even file a report
with administration. She only told the school that the student in question left
the bus early… which was true… 14 miles away from home so he could get away
from the bullies.
Let
me make this as clear as I possibly can:
We
ARE NOT DOING OURSELVES ANY FAVORS picking and choosing who is allowed to be
racist and who isn’t. We’re not doing our black selves a single bit of good,
nor our white selves, nor our anything-else-selves, by using past bad behavior
to excuse current bad behavior.
All
we’re doing is victimizing everyone.
Racism
is wrong, people. No matter what color it comes in.
This
shouldn’t be rocket science.
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