#BoycottClippers Blows Up Social Media After Racist Donald Sterling Comments
#BoycottClippers has become the rallying cry for people on social media following the revelation of Clippers owner Donald Sterling asking his younger girlfriend to not bring black men to basketball games.
Needless to say, Twitter has not been kind to Sterling and is now calling for people to boycott the Clippers and are using #BoycottClippers as their rallying cry. Here are a few of the angry/poignant/thought-provoking comments emanating from Twitter users who are jumping on the #BoycottClippers bandwagon:
Hope the NBA and fans of da Clippers come down hard on #DonaldSterling. He’s such a bad representation of the human race. #BoycottClippers
— Jae® (@platinumblk28) April 26, 2014
Both Chris and Cliff Paul have to make a statement against #DonaldSterling, and #BoycottClippers. pic.twitter.com/vWMznKOMOD
— Khaled Bey (@KhaledBeydoun) April 26, 2014
I get that the players are playing for more than the owner but are you willing to put up with anything for a check?? #BoycottClippers
— Corey Gustavis (@CoreyGustavis) April 26, 2014
This is a chance for @CP3 to take a stand forget basketball let @LAClippers know that we are more than a stallion athlete #BoycottClippers
— Thee Arsonist (@TheeArsonist) April 26, 2014
if I were the clippers players I would throw the game and the series to Teach that racist a lesson #BoycottClippers
— Youngrome (@Romeofosho) April 26, 2014
In 2005 Sterling settled a racial discrimination suit with one of the largest payouts ever, but NOW y’all want to #BoycottClippers? GTFO
— Dan Weiner (@DanWeiner) April 26, 2014
Yikes. Proof that there’s still a lot of ignorance and hate out there in the world. #NotRight #BoycottClippers http://t.co/SbPHBN4Ryv
— Kerry Magro (@Kerrymagro) April 26, 2014
If I’m an @LAClippers player, I’m on the phone with my agent TODAY telling him to get me traded. #BoycottClippers
— Doug Hazard (@BearlyDoug) April 26, 2014
as a talented Black athlete, why would you wanna play for a team who’s owner is a total racist scumbag? #boycottClippers
— Allen Joshua Mariano (@ayennoh) April 26, 2014
Wow @ NBA and ESPN silence over the Sterling remarks. They must be conferencing with PR folks right now #BoycottClippers
— CG (@cgbirddog) April 26, 2014
Kobe was fined $100K for f-bomb. What should Donald Sterling’s fine be? #BoycottClippers #ClippersOwner
— Jason Sweigart (@jasonsweigart24) April 26, 2014
Maybe the players should show up, suit up and just sit there. They still get paid, but don’t play for him. #sterlingsucks #BoycottClippers
— Chrystine Wilder (@chrystinewilder) April 26, 2014
Hard to tell yet what the #BoycottClippers movement will do to Donald Sterling and the Clippers, but there certainly is going to be some fallout.
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