Sterling, the son of Jewish immigrant parents, allegedly tells his girlfriend, who is black and Mexican, not to be seen in public with black people or to post photographs of herself with black people on Instagram. He also tells her not to bring black people, including Magic Johnson, to his team\u2019s basketball games.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, an extended audio from the conversation was\u00a0released by the website Deadspin<\/a>. In it, the man identified as Sterling is heard explaining that his views reflect the way the world works, and as evidence he says that black Jews in Israel \u201care just treated like dogs.\u201d His girlfriend is heard countering that as a Jew Sterling should know better than to advocate discrimination, and she cites the Holocaust as an example of where racism can lead.<\/p>\n Amanda F. Susskind, ADL Pacific Southwest regional director, called on Sterling to reject the statements attributed to him, \u201cIn Los Angeles, the most diverse major city in the country, we take as point of pride that our leaders \u2013 in business, in government and in the community \u2013 embrace and accept this diversity without bias or bigotry. Both are suggested in the shocking language attributed to Mr. Sterling. We hope he disavows both the language and the sentiment behind it,\u201d Susskind said in a statement.<\/p>\n The American Jewish Committee condemned the remarks and called on the NBA to take appropriate action against Sterling.<\/p>\n \u201cDonald Sterling\u2019s callous remarks regarding African Americans are a painful reminder that, 60 years after the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education, and 50 years after the enactment of the Civil Rights Act, there is still work to be done,\u201d said AJC Executive Director David Harris. \u201cAnd that someone so deeply involved in the NBA, which exemplifies the racial tapestry of our country, would think this way is all the more striking.\u201d<\/p>\n NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who also is Jewish, called the racist remarks attributed to Sterling \u201ctruly offensive and disturbing.\u201d He said in a\u00a0statement<\/a>\u00a0Sunday that the league will move \u201cextraordinarily quickly\u201d in its investigation.<\/p>\n The Los Angeles chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which had been scheduled to honor Sterling with a lifetime achievement award on Sundayannounced via Twitter that it had rescinded the award.<\/p>\n Sterling, a Jewish real estate owner born Donald Tokowitz, bought the Clippers in 1981. He currently is the longest-tenured owner in the NBA.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Share](\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\")