Donald Sterling and the endless list of bigots that color our world
RACISM AND ENDURING HATRED
By N Oji Mzilikazi
Originally appeared in the Montreal Community Contact Volume 24, Number 09 May 1, 2014
Your beliefs become your thoughts
Your thoughts become your words
Your words become your actions
Your actions become your habits
Your habits become your values
— Mahatma Ghandi
After a lifetime of unpunished bigotry in words and actions, 80-year-old Donald Sterling, the son of Jewish immigrants, and owner of Los Angeles Clippers basketball team finally received his comeuppance.
Racist comments recorded by V. Stiviana, Sterling’s mixed-race girlfriend that was leaked to the media created such toxicity; the National Basketball Association had to act…