NAACP Was to Honor Donald Sterling with Lifetime Achievement Award – Despite History of Discriminatory Business Practices

The far left NAACP will not honor Clippers owner Donald Sterling with a lifetime achievement award, its interim president and CEO said Sunday. Lorraine C. Miller addressed racist remarks Sterling allegedly made during a recorded conversation in a statement on the organization’s website.

On Saturday TMZ released audio of Democratic donor and LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling spewing racist comments.

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Sterling made the comments on a taped phone call with his girlfriend.

The former civil rights group was going to honor Sterling even though he has a long history of alleged discriminatory practices.
The LA Times reported:

The racist comments purportedly made by Donald Sterling in the audio recording that surfaced Saturday via TMZ.com are the latest in a years-long string of racially charged incidents linked to the real estate mogul.

In 2009, Sterling agreed to a $2.765-million settlement in a case that alleged discrimination against African Americans, Latinos and others at apartment buildings he owned in Los Angeles County.

Sterling denied the charges by the Justice Department and in two separate lawsuits by former tenants. All three cases were covered by the settlement. The former tenants alleged property managers used racial slurs against them and didn’t follow through on the terms of their lease agreements. Sterling, though, didn’t admit any liability in the settlement.

Another federal lawsuit filed in 2003 by the Housing Rights Center and 19 tenants accused Sterling of once stating his preference not to rent to Latinos because “Hispanics smoke, drink and just hang around the building.” The lawsuit also accused him of saying “black tenants smell and attract vermin.”

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