“As an African-American man that’s a fan of the game of basketball and knows its history and what’s right and what’s wrong, I would not come to the game tomorrow, whether I was a Clipper fan or a Warrior fan,” Mark Jackson said.
The controversy revolves around Clipper owner, Donald Sterling, stating on audiotape, that his ‘girlfriend’ shouldn’t bring any black people to The Staples Center, along with other racist and inappropriate statements related to racial stereotypes, specifically towards black people.