L.A. Clippers And Donald Sterling, Meet Jackie Robinson — forbes.com

If the NBA confirms that  Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling did indeed utter racist venom, he is  a gross bigot. Keith Olbermann has Tweeted that the team should refuse to play until the NBA punishes Sterling. Jackie Robinson’s heroism proves Sterling and Olberman both wrong. Early in his major league career Robinson endured abuse that would probably cause a riot today. Drawing from Robinson’s memoir, I Never Had It Made, last year’s film 42: The Jackie Robinson Story captures racist Philadelphia manager Ben Chapman, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, no less, yelling at him, “Hey porch monkey!,” and spewing the “n’ word.

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