Transcript Alleged Donald Sterling/V. Stiviano Recording

On April 25, 2014, TMZ Sports posted a nine-minute recording of a racially charged dispute that allegedly features Donald Sterling, at that time the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, and his girlfriend, V. Stiviano. During the exchange, Sterling allegedly urges his girlfriend not to post Instagram photos of herself with African-Americans, including Magic Johnson. His distaste for her associations with black people nearly led the Clippers players to boycott their playoff game against the Golden State Warriors on April 27. It also led to a number of high-profile people, including Johnson, President Obama, and Clippers Coach Doc Rivers, to condemn Sterling’s reported remarks. A complete transcript of the alleged conversation between Sterling and Stiviano is below. V.S.: Honey, I’m sorry. D.S.: I’m sorry too. V.S.: I wish I could change the color of my skin. D.S.: That isn’t the issue. You’ve missed the issue. V.S.: What’s the issue? D.S.: The issue is we don’t have to broadcast everything. V.S.: I’m not broadcasting anything. I don’t do anything wrong. D.S.: Nobody said you did anything wrong V.S.: I don’t do anything wrong. If we ever have any issues, it’s because people call you and tell you things about me that are not true. D.S.: Then why are you broadcasting†¦ V.S.: I’m not broadcasting anything. D.S.: Then why are you taking pictures with minorities. Why? V.S.: What’s wrong with minorities? What’s wrong with black people? D.S.: Nothing. Nothing. V.S.: What’s wrong with Hispanics? D.S.: It’s like talking to an enemy. There’s nothing wrong with minorities. They’re fabulous. Fabulous. Because you’re an enemy to me. V.S.: Why? D.S.: Because you don’t understand. V.S.: I don’t understand what? D.S.: Nothing. Nothing. V.S.: That racism still is alive? D.S.: No, but there’s a culture. People feel certain things. Hispanics feel certain things towards blacks. Blacks feel certain things toward other groups. It’s been that way historically, and it will always be that way. V.S.: But it’s not that way in my heart and in my mind. D.S.: But maybe you want to adjust to the world. V.S.: But why if the world doesn’t do anything for me, and they don’t make me happy. D.S.: You’re right. I don’t want to argue with you. I don’t want to argue (raises voice). V.S.: I can’t be racist in my heart. D.S.: And that’s good. I’m living in a culture, and I have to live within the culture. So, that’s the way it is. That’s all I got it. I got the whole message. You live with your heart.  I don’t. You can’t be flexible. You can’t. V.S.: I am flexible. I understand that that’s the way you were raised, and that’s your culture, and I’m respectful and— D.S.: Well, why do you have to disrespect them. Those are— V.S.: Who am I disrespecting (raises voice)? D.S.: The world before you. V.S.: Why am I disrespecting them? D.S.: By walking and you’re perceived as either a Latina or a white girl. Why can’t you be walking publicly with black people? Why (raises voice)? Is there a benefit to you? V.S.: Is it a benefit to me? Does it matter if they’re white or blue or yellow? D.S.: I guess that you don’t know that. Maybe you’re stupid. Maybe you don’t know what people think of you. It does matter, yeah (raises voice). It matters. V.S.: Do you know that I’m mixed? D.S.: No I don’t know that (sarcastically). You told me you were going to remove those. You said, ‘Yes, I understand you.’ I mean you change from day to day. Wow. So painful. Wow. V.S.: People call you and tell you that I have black people on my Instagram. And it bothers you. D.S.: Yeah, it bothers me a lot you want to†¦broadcast that you’re associating with black people. Do you have to? V.S.: You associate with black people. D.S.: I’m not you and you’re not me. You’re supposed to be a delicate white or delicate Latina girl. V.S.: I’m a mixed girl. D.S.: Ok well†¦ V.S.: And you’re in love with me. And I’m black and Mexican. Whether you like it or not. Whether the world accepts it or not. And you’re asking me to remove something that’s part of my bloodstream. Because the world thinks different of me and you’re afraid of what they’re going to think because of your upbringing. You want me to have hate towards black people. D.S.: I don’t what you to have hate. That’s what people—they turn things around. I want you to love them—privately. In your whole life, every day, you can be with them. Every single day of your life. V.S.: But not in public? D.S.: But why publicize it on the Instagram and why bring it to my games? V.S.: Why bring the black people to the games? D.S.: I don’t think we need to discuss anymore. It’s over. I don’t want to talk about it.V.S.: I’m sorry that you feel that way. D.S.: I feel that way so strongly, and it may cause our relationship to just break apart.  And if it does, it does. It’s better to break part now than to break apart later. V.S.: I’m sorry that you still have people around you that are full of racism and hate in their heart. I’m sorry that you’re still racist in your heart. I’m sorry that you live in a world that’s still— D.S.: How about your whole life, every day, you could do whatever you want. You can sleep with them. You can bring them in, you can do whatever you want. The little I ask you is not to promote it on that and not to bring them to my games. V.S.: I don’t bring anyone to the games. D.S.: Okay then there’s nothing to argue about. V.S.: I know. D.S.: Okay, we’ve got a big problem here. I really don’t feel like going anywhere. I don’t feel like going to Europe. I don’t feel like just going through the whole thing. We’ve got a big problem. If you didn’t like someone I was with I would stop seeing that person. V.S.: I’m sorry I don’t have any more friends. What would you like me to do? Remove the skin color out of my skin. D.S.: Is that a real issue or are you making something up? V.S.: I mean, I just don’t understand what the issue is. D.S.: There’s nothing with you or your skin color. Why are you saying these things? To upset me? Okay. V.S.: Sweetie, I’m sorry. D.S.: I’m so sorry too. We made a giant mistake. Both of us. Everything you say to me is so painful. Do I want you to change the color of your skin? You know how to really hurt somebody. Instead of saying, ‘I understand.’ V.S.: I don’t understand how you can have so much hate towards minorities. D.S.: I don’t have any hate on nothing. V.S.: I don’t understand†¦ D.S.: Why would you say †¦? V.S.: How a person like you who’s elevated, who’s here, still feels he’s above the world and you can’t even be seen with someone in which is considered a different skin color. D.S.: They can be with me all day long and all night long. V.S.: I can’t believe that a man who’s educated, a man who’s a scholar, a man— D.S.: Well believe it and stop talking about it. (raises voice) Let’s finish our discussion with a period, okay? You’re not making any good points. You can’t believe this man – that’s all I am. I’m not a good person in your eyes. If I was a good person, you wouldn’t say I can’t believe this, I can’t believe that, which are all lies. I love the black people. V.S.: Look at all this negativity coming from you. D.S.: There’s no negativity. I love everybody. I’m just saying in your lousy [expletive] Instagrams you don’t have to have yourself walking with black people. You don’t have to. If you want to, do it. V.S.: If it’s white people, it’s okay? If it was Larry Bird, would it have made a difference? D.S.: You’re just a big fighter. I can see—who would want to live with a woman like you? Who would want to live with a woman?  All you ever wanted to do is fight. You’re a born fighter. V.S.: I’m sorry that you’re mad. D.S.: You have the worst mouth. V.S.: Why are you so angry, honey? What’s wrong? D.S.: Why would you bring up Larry Bird, what does he have to do with it? You can walk all night long with your sisters or your family. V.S.: I saw someone I admire. I admire Magic Johnson. D.S.: Okay. Good. V.S.: I’m sorry. D.S.: Okay. V.S.: He’s made a lot of changes for his community, for the world, for the people, for the minorities.  He’s helped a lot of people. D.S.: Why are your forcing this down my throat. I’m finished talking to you. I have nothing more to say. V.S.: And I took a picture with someone I admire. D.S.: Good. V.S.: He happens to be black, and I’m sorry. D.S.: I think the fact that you admire him – I know him well and he should be admired. And I’m just saying too bad you can’t admire him privately and during your entire [expletive] life [yelling] your whole life admire him, bring him here, feed him f---k him, I don’t care. You can do anything. But don’t put him on Instagram for the world to have to see so they have to call me. And don’t bring him to my games? Okay. V.S.: I don’t. I never brought. I don’t know him personally. D.S.: Please leave me alone. Please, please. V.S.: I’m sorry is there anything I can do to make you feel better. D.S.: No you can never make me feel better. You’re just a fighter and you want to fight.

Anne Moody Coming Of Age In Mississippi - 1626 Words

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Movie Summary Orlando Essay Example For Students

Movie Summary Orlando Essay Orlando is the mildly depressing story through which cultural androgyny and rigid gender roles throughout history are explored. During the movie it becomes quite clear that Orlando, the main character, does not quite fit in anywhere within society’s rigid gender roles. Real men fought battles, wrote poetry, and had intellectual discussions together. Having any emotions, as a man was not acceptable just as you were not allowed to be a woman and have any intellectual discussions, or physical strength. Right from the start Orlando does not fit into these stereotypes of this time period and shows an equal amount of male and female traits regardless of his/her biological gender. Early in the movie, we discover that Orlando considers him/herself neither male nor female from the very start. The very first shot we get of Orlando he is sitting by an oak while the narrator talks about how he was born into an aristocratic family and would not have to worry about much in his life. He paces around the frame uncomfortably and finally takes a seat near the oak tree. The camera pans to a close up of his face and the an says â€Å"He† and at this point Orlando quickly corrects the narrator and says â€Å"That is I†. Within the first scene of the movie we quickly see how uncomfortable Orlando is with the traditional gender roles of society. He immediately negates being called â€Å"he† and instead picks a gender-neutral pronoun â€Å"I†. The viewer can tell right away that Orlando does not consider himself a man at all. Orlando does not settle for fortune and status but rather will only settle for love. In the third scene Orlando is shown at a dance with his fiance. During this scene Orlando spends a majority of his time leering at another woman. 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Sympathy is undoubtedly considered a female trait. As he walks away from the battle, the sounds of babies crying are all that the viewer hears. This sound is most commonly associated with mothers. To Woolf and Potter the desire for love and companionship transcends gender roles. The desire to â€Å"own† a woman is seen as male as well as the ability to kill without remorse. Orlando then enters a seven day sleep, and when he wakes up he is a woman. When Orlando is a woman, at first, he still tries to do all the things he would have done if he were a man. He talks to three poets and listens to them talk very negatively about women. The camera angles in this scene show how isolated Orlando is from the rest of society. 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Philosophical Analysis on the death of Osama Bin Laden

Osama Bin Laden was the mastermind behind the September 11 bombings in America which left the entire America shaken. He also masterminded the 7th August 1998 in Kenya and Dar es Salaam where the American embassies were targeted. Osama is the main face behind the Al Qaeda terror group and when it was announced that after years of hunting him down, Osama had finally been killed by the United States government, there could not be any better news of the year than that.Advertising We will write a custom critical writing sample on Philosophical Analysis on the death of Osama Bin Laden specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More There was celebration and jubilation the world over. But what does it mean now that the leader of the largest terror group has been killed? Is it going to be peaceful now that he is dead or will the Al Qaeda group attempt to avenge his death? This discussion takes a philosophical analysis on the death of Osama Bin Laden. Af ghanistan which had suffered various terrorist attacks that were planned by the Osama led group of Al Qaeda could not help but show their joy on the death of Osama. Both the president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai and his counterpart president Barrack Obama of America described the killing of the Al Qaeda leader as victory not only for Afghanistan but also for the rest of the world as well. It is now hoped that Afghanistan which has had to contend with wars and terror attacks for many years will now enjoy lasting peace. But is this really so? It has been argued that members of the Al Qaeda terror group are much angered by the killing of their leader. For this reason, it is anticipated that they are likely to stage even more attacks to avenger for the death of their chief. Furthermore, even without revenging, it is important to remember that the Al Qaeda group is wide network of terrorists and thus killing their leader will not necessarily mean that the terror attacks are over. The kil ling of Osama however was a good move because the members of the Al Qaeda are now aware that they are likely to nabbed and this may act as a discouraging factor for them to continue pursuing their ulterior motive. Coincidentally, the death of the leader of the largest terror group in the world came just a day after the Al Qaeda had vowed fresh attacks on U.S. troops in Afghanistan. A cross- section of people seem to be having doubts regarding whether Osama Bin Laden was killed or not. They argue that since the ratings of President Barrack Obama had dropped significantly since he took office early 2009, that this was a political gimmick that would see him get all the praise for having killed the world’s most wanted criminal.Advertising Looking for critical writing on philosophy? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More However, looking at the weight with which terror attacks by Osama have always had on America, it is obvious that such an issue would not be the subject of a political gimmick especially for America that has always remained under threat from this terror group. Confirmed reports show that DNA tests have been carried out on the body of the fallen Al Qaeda leader for purposes of verifying that indeed he is dead. The whole world is watching with baited breath to see what happens from now on and whether the Al Qaeda will be cowed by the death of their leader. This critical writing on Philosophical Analysis on the death of Osama Bin Laden was written and submitted by user Brendon Newman to help you with your own studies. You are free to use it for research and reference purposes in order to write your own paper; however, you must cite it accordingly. You can donate your paper here.