Spike Lee BRINGS IT: Sterling has 'mentality of a slave master'

[uhnope]

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/24544915/spike-lee-sterling-has-mentality-of-a-slave-master

Spike Lee has weighed in on the Donald Sterling fiasco. The noted racial-issues commentator and filmmaker appeared on CNN Monday to discuss the alleged racists comments from Clippers owner Donald Sterling, and said that Sterling's mentality reflects that of a slave owner.

“He's got to go because he's tainting all the other 29 partners, he's tainting the league and he's tainting America,” Lee told CNN Monday. “And when you hear something like that, that is a mentality of a slave master. He sees his players as slaves.”

Sterling has come under fire for audio recordings obtained by TMZ and Deadspin where he allegedly tells his girlfriend, V. Stiviano, that it bothers him that she associates herself with black people.

Lee said that during All-Star weekend in Los Angeles in 2011, Sterling told him that NBA players wouldn't have jobs if they didn't play basketball.

[freshwest]

1. Yeah, it was obvious! Glad to hear more push back against that filthy pig. He should be shunned. n/t

[KamaAina]

2. Elgin Baylor beat him to it.

He described Sterling as having a "plantation mentality" in a 2010 lawsuit.

[Scuba]

4. Sounds like Elgin's still one of the great ones, just changed arenas.

[Cha]

3. What an idiotic warped mentality sterling has.

[Jesus Malverde]

5. Are there still men working for him?

They do have a choice not to work for him? Apparently they have decided to wear black socks instead.'

The minute the players go on strike I'll assume they take this seriously.

[uhnope]

7. there was serious talk of a strike for the next playoff round

until the NBA booted Sterling's ass outa there

[moondust]

6. Yup.

The Thirteenth Amendment may have abolished slavery but it certainly didn't abolish the slave owner's mindset.

I suspect a lot of anything-goes-in-the-lust-for-profits "super exploiters" that would have previously supported slavery or owned slaves instead find comfortable seats in corporate boardrooms and corner offices on Wall Street.

[Blue Owl]

8. More Whipper than Clipper

n/t

[Redford]

9. Billionaires treat all people like crap

This guy was a known racist long before this incident.