{"id":6901,"date":"2014-04-26T02:27:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T06:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncdata.wpengine.com\/?p=6901"},"modified":"2017-09-19T23:56:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T03:56:13","slug":"project-21s-nedd-suggests-clippers-sacrifice-for-a-sterling-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2014\/04\/26\/project-21s-nedd-suggests-clippers-sacrifice-for-a-sterling-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 21’s Nedd Suggests Clippers Sacrifice for a Sterling Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is under fire for taped comments<\/a>, recently released by TMZ, in which he implored his girlfriend (who is of black and Mexican heritage) to \u201cnot to bring [black people] to my games.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s not the first time Sterling has fended off allegations of racism, and he has even paid fines for civil rights violations.\u00a0 This is the last straw for some people such as NBA Hall of Fame player Magic Johnson, who says he will boycott<\/a> games while Sterling remains the owner of the team.<\/p>\n Some people are suggesting that the team itself should rebel in protest of Sterling\u2019s remarks.\u00a0 Project 21<\/a>\u2019s Council Nedd II<\/a> is one of them.\u00a0 Council said:<\/p>\n Sometimes the fight for equality is actually a fight.\u00a0 Sometimes we must sacrifice things that are important to us for a larger purpose.<\/p>\n Is Clippers guard Chris Paul\u2019s job with the team more important than the job of anyone else who has ever boycotted their own employers for making comparable comments or because of some perceived injustice?<\/p>\n Because the Los Angeles Clippers are a legitimate NBA championship contender \u2013 and not in spite of that fact \u2013 is the reason Paul and other Clippers players should consider boycotting their games until there are some answers and some sort of resolution regarding the outrageous comments of Clippers owner Donald Sterling.<\/p>\n It\u2019s especially pressing since Sterling has a history of such behavior.<\/p>\n It cannot be forgotten that the biggest gains in civil rights were made when people sacrificed the most, not when people sacrificed nothing.<\/p>\n