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There. >> why do people stand by and i'm not a sports aficionado, i don't know that much about donald sterling before this, terrener it terence, why is he still an owner, why do people sit by and let this guy be a racist and have lawsuits against him settled, but not really talk about it, not really call him on it in the league, why? >> there's two big reasons. number one, nobody has cared about the clippers. he's owned the clippers since 1981. nobody's cared about the clippers except for the last couple years they have this super team with chris paul and blake griffin and doc rivers now ownin...

Job on these awardees. >> as an african-american people are asking me, not just black people, but as the oldest and most respected civil rights organization in the country. >> yes. >> what happened? what's the breakdown? is this about money? is this about donating to the naacp? what's going on here? >> again, don, i don't know. this was a local decision, our local branch felt strongly, of course, that this gentleman had done significant work to help them in achieving the things they wanted to do with the people we try to serve in los angeles. and for that part, they felt that he deserved the a...

Series. not a good day for them so far. right now they are trailing. wondering whether or not this is affecting their play today is part of that question. but i do feel like they felt the need to make the way they felt heard. on top of that you've got a few l.a. fans who were up here, one man i talked to said he doesn't support sterling. he thinks he should go but at the same time he supports the players, if they're not boycotting, he's not boycotting. he's here to show his support for those players, don. >> i heard you earlier saying, can you imagine the conflict the internal conflict that's ...

Organization, when it was not a secret that he had racist tendencies or that he was in fact racist? >> well, don, i think that was a local decision and it was based on what our local folks felt, how helpful he had been to the people we try to serve and n los angeles, and that was do we need a better vetting system, absolutely, and i'm sure this incident will make people look a little more closely, a little more strenuous at the recipients of a lifetime achievement award, that's a big deal. >> okay, so let's talk about this. first he had a checkered past as we talked about, in 2009 he settled w...

He settled a 2003 lawsuit that claimed he wouldn't rent to latinos, "the times" reported that as well and yet the naacp was not aware of this? this is public record and let me say this. you're saying they rescinded the l.a. chapter, at ward to be handed out but the naacp, and this is the reporting of "the hollywood reporter" the naacp previously honored sterling with a lifetime achievement award in 2009. >> yes. >> and the naacp president's award in 2008, ahead of his 2009 honor the naacp l.a. head leon jenkins praised sterling to the "los angeles times" even as the mogul was being accused of ...