An extended version of the racist, offensive conversation Donald Sterling allegedly had with former mistress was released by Deadspin.com Sunday , containing more misguided thoughts on race from the 80-year-old Clippers owner.
In the nearly six-minute clip, V. Striviano and Sterling continue their back-and-forth about race and culture in what Deadspin reports is a continuation of the discussion that was first made public by TMZ.com on Friday night.
Sterling continues on the topic of the initial recording — Striviano should not been seen in public with black people and should not bring black associates to Clippers games — and Striviano, who is black and Mexican, explains that she didn’t remove photos of Magic Johnson and Dodgers star Matt Kemp from her Instagram because she “thought Matt Kemp is mixed, and he was OK, just like me.”
Sterling and Striviano also go down a rambling path about the Holocaust and how black people are treated in Israel — “the blacks are treated like dogs,” Sterling says — and when Striviano suggests that Sterling “take a stand for what’s wrong” and “be the change and the difference,” Sterling objects, blames the “culture” they live in and lets his misogynistic side shine through.
“I don’t want to change. If my girl can’t do what I want, I don’t want the girl,” he says. “I’ll find a girl that will do what I want. Believe me. I though you were that girl — because I tried to do what you want. But you’re not that girl.”
Striviano also points out the hypocrisy of Sterling’s views on black people, citing that he employs a roster of players who are mostly black and are coached by a black man.
“I support them and give them food, and clothes, and cars, and houses,” Sterling rails. “Who gives it to them? Does someone else give it to them? Do I know that I have—Who makes the game? Do I make the game, or do they make the game? Is there 30 owners, that created the league?
The latest recording comes as two former NBA superstars who’ve transitioned into team ownership rebuked Sterling for his alleged racist remarks.
Bobcats owner Michael Jordan joined Johnson, an owner with the Los Angeles Dodgers, in coming out strongly against Sterling , with Jordan calling Sterling’s remarks “sickening.”
“As an owner, I’m obviously disgusted that a fellow team owner could hold such sickening and offensive views,” Jordan said in a statement. “I’m confident that Adam Silver will make a full investigation and take appropriate action quickly.
“As a former player, I’m completely outraged. There is no room in the NBA — or anywhere else — for the kind of racism … I am appalled that this type of ignorance still exists within our country and at the highest levels of our sport. In a league where the majority of players are African-American, we cannot & must not tolerate discrimination at any level.”
New NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Saturday night that Sterling “has agreed” to not attend Sunday’s Game 4 between the Clippers and Warriors in Oakland. But while adding that the quotes attributed to Sterling are “truly offensive and disturbing,” Silver carefully noted that the longtime owner is ‘entitled to due process” until the authenticity of the audio is determined.
“(Silver) has gotta come down hard on (Sterling). He shouldn’t own a team anymore,” Johnson said Sunday on ABC’s studio show.
Meanwhile, the NAACP said on Sunday morning that its Los Angeles chapter would not present Sterling with the lifetime achievement award it had planned next month.
“If you’re silent about this, then you are accepting this,” Lorraine Miller, the group’s interim president, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“And people have to say that this is not good and do something about it.”
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