re: ATL Hawks Owner Looks to Sell because of "Racist Email"

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If it was anti-black

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It was.

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it was only for economic reasons

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Doesn't make it any less so.

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He himself said he never felt unsafe or uncomfortable and in fact blamed white racists for spreading lies about the majority black fanbase, scaring off ticket-buyers. I don't see how that is anti-black people.

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His transitioning directly from talking about financial problems to talking about how the arena was majority black was where he fricked up, IMO.

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The rest were simply hairbrained ideas from a well-intentioned but clueless guy. He simply couldn't relate to young black people

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And in that vein, came off as being anti-black.

All of that said, I'm not saying he's racist, and I understand what he was trying to do. He needed to choose a more tactful way to present his points, but like I said, that's more of a business ethics/PR issue than anything.