As the owner of of Los Angeles Clippers, Donald Sterling has had allegations of racism from the past and at this percent time. Recently, the media had audio of Sterling expressing terrible things about black people. However, at this point it was brought to the media attention that Donald Sterling has a history of being disrespectful to African Americans. “A top team executive accused Sterling of running the Clippers the Clippers with a “plantation” mentality.” (Shoichet) In 2009, Sterling was accused of wrongful termination by Elgin Baylor. The lawsuit also accused Sterling of “ageism in which he harassed him by making demeaning comments about his age.” (Shoichet) Eventually, in 2011 the racial discrimination claim was dropped and as far as the ageism claim the jury sided with Sterling. In 2006, the Department of Justice brought housing discrimination charges against Sterling’s rental company in Los Angeles alleging that refused to lease to African Americans, Latinos, non-koreans in the Koreatown section in Los Angeles, and families with children. The case was eventually settled in 2009 for $2.725 million because the cost of litigation started exceeding the cost of the settlement. I believe the worst claim of them all was in 2004, when he denied surgery for the assistant coach Kim Hughes. Hughes had found out he was diagnosed with “prostate cancer on the eve of training camp”(Witz) and the surgery wasn’t covered under his health insurance and would cost $70,000. Fortunately, Hughes was able to have the surgery and without his knowledge it was funded by four of team mates. Lastly, according to court documents in 2003 the nonprofit Housing Rights Center and a group tenants filed a claim against Sterling accusing him numerous discriminatory statements and housing practices. The tenants claimed that they had to sign in as visitors and refused to take accept payments for rent which could lead to tenants being evicted. On the other hand, Sterling claimed that the tenants were “being unreliable tenants and for being driven by hidden agendas.” (Shoichet) This case was also dismissed in 2005 for a settlement of nearly $5 million in attorney’s fees. “As the NBA investigates racist remarks that have been attributed to Sterling helps illustrate the reign of a man who has often been described as the worst owner in professional sports.” (Witz) The history shows that Donald Sterling has always had an issue with African Americans.