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Almost as soon as she was crowned, new Miss Teen USA Karlie Hay found herself in the middle of a media firestorm after old tweets from her Twitter account showed her using the N-word on multiple occasions. Naturally, the public response ranged from outrage and disbelief to demanding that her crown be taken away. Now, […]

Miami Heat forward Luol Deng was just minding his own business when his name popped up in the latest racism scandal to hit the NBA. And now, he has responded. Deng, a native of South Sudan, was mentioned in a racially charged scouting report read by Atlanta Hawks GM Danny Ferry during a conference call […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When asked how much money she wanted to sell the Los Angeles Clippers, the wife of disgraced team owner Donald Sterling handed a piece of paper to her lawyer with two numbers: $1.5 to $2. What wasn’t written was understood — she meant billions, shocking figures for a franchise that until […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says he is hopeful that the proposed $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers will be completed before next season begins. But he could not guarantee that will happen because the deal is currently held up in the courts. Silver spoke Tuesday evening after a meeting […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With the potentially record-breaking $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers hanging in the balance, a trial beginning Monday will focus on whether Donald Sterling’s estranged wife had the authority under terms of a family trust to unilaterally negotiate the deal. Shelly Sterling struck a deal to sell the Clippers […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers will hinge on the technicalities of family trust law and whether Donald Sterling’s estranged wife had the right to unilaterally negotiate a deal with former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. The July 7 trial will look at the trust’s terms alone and not […]

Luxury brand, Louis Vuitton has come under fire for allegedly using racist comments against an African employee, reportedly saying, “Black people are slaves who eat dirt off the floor.” Mirror reports: Sales associate Oliver Koffi claims he was in a stock room packing a pair of shoes for a customer when his manager began the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shelly Sterling’s attorneys will ask a judge Thursday to order Donald Sterling and his attorneys to stop threatening, harassing or intimidating his wife’s legal team and the doctors who determined the Los Angeles Clippers’ co-owner was mentally incapacitated. A person with knowledge of the legal proceedings told The Associated Press that […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s team of lawyers has hired four private investigation firms to dig up dirt on the NBA’s former and current commissioners and its 29 other owners, said a person familiar with Sterling’s legal strategy. Investigators were given a six-figure budget over the next 30 days to […]

Besides V. Stiviano, Donald Sterling now has another black female problem. Would you believe the LA Clippers owner is being sued by a woman who he fired her after she rejected “a stream of racist and sexist taunts.” TMZ, which obtained a copy of the lawsuit is reporting this: Maiko Maya King says in her […]

Michael Bullerdick was already a controversy, being a white man in charge of a Black woman’s magazine because of his title of managing editor, reports Journal-isms. But he pushed the envelope when he posted right wing political messages on his social media page. A reader took screen shots of his Facebook page (see below), which […]