Episodes
Thursday May 01, 2014
Leid Stories - The Donald Sterling-NBA Imbroglio: What It Is Not - 05/01/14
Thursday May 01, 2014
Thursday May 01, 2014
Leid Stories has contended from Day 1 that the Donald Sterling-NBA imbroglio is in fact an old sideshow skillfully being made to look like a brand-new main attraction. This revamped version quickly identifies “the problem” and assigns blame; gives us a hero (as counterpoint to the villain), who takes resolute action; gives everyone warm and fuzzy feelings about “justice” and “the right thing” being done; and, most importantly, returns life to the good old status quo.
The awful truth, though, is that it’s all a charade—a cheap, tawdry chapter in the continuing saga of racism in America. Worse, the people facilitating it, pliantly playing their roles, will be the biggest losers in this high-stakes drama. And yet another exquisite opportunity to effect meaningful, longstanding change will be lost to expediency and the unwillingness or inability to see beyond self.
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