NAACP Leaders Cheapen Legacy By Giving Awards To The Wrong People

NAACP Leaders Cheapen Legacy By Giving Awards To The Wrong People
Los Angeles Clippers team owner Donald Sterling closes his eyes for several seconds as he watches his team play the Utah Jazz during the second half of their preseason NBA basketball game, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers team owner Donald Sterling closes his eyes for several seconds as he watches his team play the Utah Jazz during the second half of their preseason NBA basketball game, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Of all the bizarre actors in the ongoing saga borne from Donald Sterling’s taped racist rant, none seemed more confused about his role than suddenly former Los Angeles NAACP head Leon Jenkins.

Even as figures ranging from broadcaster Jeff Van Gundy to NBA superstar LeBron James to President Obama blasted Sterling for his weird, hateful comments, the man whose group many expected to come down on Sterling the hardest seemed to want no part of the controversy.

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