TOW #24

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/clippers-wear-warm-up-shirts-inside-out-to-protest-alleged-comments-by-team-s-owner-202850099.html?vp=1

It has been revealed that the owner of the Clippers, Donald Sterling, has said racist things regarding blacks and bringing black people to his games. These racist remarks have left millions in shock and in anger regarding the fact that he is still in a position of power over the Clippers team when the league has a zero tolerance policy for racism. The Clippers team, as part of the body representing the Clippers organization, wore their warm up shirts inside out in response to the allegations, so the Clippers logo was hidden from view. They also dumped their Clippers logo warm up jackets at center court, with the logo facing down. This statement made by the players regarding how they feel about the open racism in Donald Sterling's case shows that they know that although they are a basketball team and there is basketball on the court, they have lives, values and feelings off of the court as well, and believe that they needed to do something to protest their owner's tactless comments.