So what should be the repercussions? Are there different rules for blacks and whites? Is it OK for blacks to be racist and to hold blacks-only parties?<\/p>\n
Debbie Schlussel writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n In the wake of this week\u2019s NBA proposed lifetime ban and $2.5 million fine for Donald Sterling, a longtime reader reminded me that I\u2019d written about another NBA owner, a Black man, who held a party in which Whites were refused entry and turned away. And, yet, the NBA did nothing.<\/p>\n As I\u2019ve already pointed out, Black racism and bigotry against Whites, Jews, Mormons, and gays is tolerated by the NBA. But a private racist conversation by a White owner is not. And here is an instance of a Black then-NBA owner whose public, deliberate racism was tolerated and ignored. Jay-Z a\/k\/a Shawn Carter was an owner of the Brooklyn Nets, an NBA Team, from 2003 through mid-April 2013. But, as I noted on this site, in February 2010, Jay-Z held a lavish party at the Merah club in central London, and banned White people from attending. The party, for music industry executives, reporters, and other Jay-Z ass-kissers was for Blacks only. Bouncers were instructed to refuse entry to Whites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So what should be the repercussions? Are there different rules for blacks and whites? Is it OK for blacks to be racist and to hold blacks-only parties? Debbie Schlussel writes: In the wake of this week\u2019s NBA proposed lifetime ban … Continue reading