Former NY Knick Calls For Return To Segregation

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http://nypost.com/2014/04/27/knicks-great-larry-johnson-calls-for-all-black-league/

Knicks executive and former player Larry Johnson had a decidedly different but still strong reaction to the racially insensitive remarks Clippers owner Donald Sterling is alleged to have made.

On Saturday night, Johnson tweeted: “Black people your Focusing on the wrong thing. We should be focusing on having our own, Own team own League! To For Self!!’’

The initial indication was Johnson was calling for an all-African-American league complete with black ownership. It wasn’t the first time Johnson, who is black, concerned himself with the fact the NBA’s ownership is mostly white while its players are mostly black.

Black people your Focusing on the wrong thing. We should be focusing on having our own, Own team own League! To For Self!!—
Larry Johnson (@TheRealLJ2) April 26, 2014

During the 1999 NBA Finals between the Knicks and Spurs, Johnson caused a stir by saying: “We’ve got a lot of rebellious slaves on this [Knicks] team.”

When asked at the time why he referred to his teammates as slaves, Johnson said: “I’ve got to explain that to you? We don’t go with the mainstream.’’

Johnson was hired by the Knicks two years ago and serves many roles as a basketball and business operations representative. It’s unclear what his role will be under new team president Phil Jackson.

I wonder how a professional basketball league, "To For Self!!" would do?

It's kind of amazing. Forget about Martin Luther King ... is this the vision of Jackie Robinson? A return to the Negro Leagues?

But this is all fine and dandy. We mustn't allow it to distract us from the real issue at hand; the addled old-man ramblings of the Clippers' owner... Which I've only seen a snippet or two of, but which appear to have a context problem.