Shady: LA NAACP President Defends Racist Clippers Owner Donald Sterling After Receiving Money And Grants

Should he be fired??

NAACP LA President Leon Jenkins Defends Racist Donald Sterling

The president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Monday defended now-cancelled plans to honor Donald Sterling, saying the Clippers’ owner has a record of giving money to charities and helping African American students and children.

Via Daily News reports:

Facing a barrage of questions from reporters, Leon Jenkins, president of the Los Angeles NAACP, said Sterling had been chosen to receive a lifetime achievement award because of his work with minorities.

“Mr. Sterling’s organization, on a consistent basis has brought in numerous minorities and inner city kids to games,” Jenkins said. “Almost every game, there is a section where there are young people. He has also, in the years we looked at, contributed to a lot of minority charities, including the NAACP.”

“We looked at comparing that with all of the other L.A. (sports) franchises. His organization gave more money to the minority community,” Jenkins added.

Jenkins said he believes the charity the NAACP worked with was the Donald T. Sterling Charitable Foundation.

The NAACP’s LA chapter was supported by Sterling’s foundation, public records revealed. Jenkins, received thousands from Sterling’s foundation at the 2013 Donald T. Sterling Charitable Foundation Gala just four months ago.

Sterling’s award from the NAACP in 2009 came just before he agreed to pay a $2.7 million settlement in a case that alleged he discriminated against African Americans, Latinos and others at apartment buildings he owned in Los Angeles County. SMH!!!

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