Parks Seeks City Hall Resolution Condemning Derogatory, Racially-Biased Statements of Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Councilmember Bernard C. Parks’ staff has begun drafting a resolution to have the City of Los Angeles take an official position on the racially-biased comments attributed to Clippers owner, Donald Sterling over the weekend. Parks’ resolution will ask the city to: (1) condemn the statements, (2) demand a personal apology to the entire Los Angeles Community, and specifically city treasure and international icon Earvin “Magic” Johnson, (3) request National Basketball Association(NBA) Commissioner, Adam Silver, to make the appropriate sanctions, similar to the ones used by Major League Baseball against the late one-time owner of the Cincinnati Reds, Marge Schott, who routinely made insensitive racial and religious remarks, (4) Support the position that the L.A. branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP) President, Leon Jenkins, and its board of directors should revoke its nomination of Sterling as a “Lifetime Achievement Award” recipient at its May 2014 annual gala, (5) request the L.A. Times and other local newspapers to cease running Sterling’s weekly publicity ads that display his commercial real estate empire and his alleged civic activities. The resolution is only in draft form, so there is no way to tell at this time what will be added or subtracted from it by the time it is introduced at Tuesday’s meeting. The impact of Donald Sterling’s comments on the city have raised particular concern for Parks, who joined the LAPD shortly after patrol cars were integrated and withstood years of racism in the department before eventually becoming Chief in 1997. “Sterling’s actions are inconsistent with the United States Human Rights Laws, the long-standing positions of the L.A. City Council, the diversity of the community, the fan base of the Clippers and the very high percentage of minorities who worked for and are working for the NBA”, Parks says. “Sterling’s actions and statements have no place in today’s society.” Parks encourages Clippers fans to contact the team’s office to voice their displeasure over the comments.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:30:41 +0000
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