Michael Jordan: I Hated White
People
by Breitbart Sports 7 May 2014, 9:29 AM PDT
Michael Jordan, the racially transcendent basketball
star, admits that he hated whites growing up in North Carolina.
In Michael Jordan: The Life, discussed in
today's New York Post, the former Chicago Bulls
star tells author Ronald Lazenby that the Ku Klux Klan's presence in the Tar
Heel State and the impact of the miniseries Roots heightened his racial
awareness as a teen in the 1970s. His anger came to a boiling point when a
female classmate called him the n-word. “So I threw a soda at her,” Jordan admits.
“I was really rebelling. I considered myself a racist at the time. Basically, I
was against all white people.”
After a school suspension, Jordan received
an admonition from his mother not to let hatred consume him. The talk, like
getting cut from the varsity team as a sophomore, inspired. Jordan left the
bad feelings behind him. Last year, the Hall of Famer married Cuban-American
model Yvette Prieto and celebrated the birth of multiracial twins. Forbes
estimates that he earned around $90 million, mostly in sneaker money and
endorsements, last year and his net worth should eclipse $1 billion within a
few years.
He remains the sole African American owner
of an NBA team, the Charlotte Bobcats,
which gives him unique insight into the Donald Sterling scandal surrounding the
racist remarks by the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.
“I look at this from two perspectives—as a
current owner and a former player. As an owner, I’m obviously disgusted that a
fellow team owner could hold such sickening and offensive views,” the New York
Post quotes Jordan on Sterling. “As a former
player, I’m completely outraged. There is no room in the NBA—or anywhere
else—for the kind of racism and hatred that Mr. Sterling allegedly
expressed."
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
is a majority shareholder in the Charlotte Bobcats,
a friend of Ahmad Rashad, and was a player for
the Chicago Bulls.
Note: Ahmad
Rashad is a friend of Michael Jordan,
an occasional golf partner with Barack Obama,
and dating Valerie B. Jarrett.
Barack Obama
is an occasional golf partner with Ahmad Rashad,
and was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama
was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N.
Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden
Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie
B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
dating Ahmad Rashad, and the senior adviser
for the Barack Obama administration.
James S.
Crown is a member of the Commercial Club
of Chicago, a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and the president of Henry Crown
and Company.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Lester Crown
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and the chairman for Henry Crown
and Company.
Henry
Crown and Company was a contributor for Priorities
USA Action, and is an investor in the Chicago
Bulls.
Priorities
USA Action was a super PAC supporting the 2012 Barack
Obama presidential campaign, and is supporting the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.
Michael
Jordan was a player for the Chicago Bulls.
Dennis
Rodman was a player for the Chicago Bulls,
and met with Kim Jong Un in 2013.
Kim Jong Un
met with Dennis Rodman in 2013, and is the
leader of North Korea.
William
J. Clinton led team for the 2009 humanitarian mission
to North Korea, Douglas J. Band was his counselor, is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, a friend of Stephen L.
Bing, and the founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Douglas
J. Band was William J. Clinton’s counselor,
and a member of team for the 2009 humanitarian mission
to North Korea.
Stephen
L. Bing is a friend of William J. Clinton,
he provided plane for the 2009 humanitarian mission
to North Korea, a funder for
the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation,
and a contributor for the American Bridge 21st
Century.
Hillary
Rodham Clinton is married to William J. Clinton,
a potential candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham
Clinton presidential campaign, and a principal for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
George Soros
is a founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations,
a co-chair, national finance council at Ready for Hillary,
a board member for the International Crisis Group,
was a contributor for the American Bridge 21st
Century, a contributor for Priorities USA Action,
and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Climate
Reality Project, the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Albert A.
Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project,
and was a co-founder & chairman for Current Media, LLC.
Current TV
was a division of Current Media, LLC.
Al Jazeera
acquired Current TV.
Laura Ling
is a journalist for Current TV, was
freed as result of the 2009 humanitarian mission to North Korea, and William J.
Clinton negotiated release from North Korea.
Euna Lee
was a journalist for Current TV,
freed as result of the 2009 humanitarian mission
to North Korea,
and William J. Clinton negotiated release
from North
Korea.
Joel Z. Hyatt
was a co-founder & CEO for Current Media, LLC,
and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
Thomas
R. Pickering is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a co-chair for the International
Crisis Group, was the chairman of review board that investigated the
2012 attack on U.S.
consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2013, and a lifetime
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and the president of Henry Crown
and Company.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, and is a board member for the International Crisis Group.
Lester Crown
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and the chairman for Henry Crown
and Company.
Henry
Crown and Company was a contributor for Priorities
USA Action, and is an investor in the Chicago
Bulls.
Michael Jordan
was a player for the Chicago Bulls, is
a majority shareholder in the Charlotte Bobcats,
and a friend of Ahmad Rashad.
Ahmad Rashad
is a friend of Michael Jordan, an occasional golf
partner with Barack Obama, and dating Valerie B. Jarrett.
Valerie
B. Jarrett is dating Ahmad Rashad, a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and
the senior adviser for the Barack Obama
administration.
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