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Title: Mark Cuban, Post-Sterling, on Combating Racism: 'We All Have Our Bigotry' Post by: News on May 23, 2014, 11:35:26 PM Mark Cuban, Post-Sterling, on Combating Racism: 'We All Have Our Bigotry' (http://www.inc.com/maria-aspan/mark-cuban-discusses-bigotry-post-donald-sterling-fiasco.html)
By Maria Aspan For Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, recognizing internal prejudices is the first step to overcoming them. "If I see a black kid in a hoodie and it’s late at night, I’m walking to the other side of the street. And if on that side of the street, there’s a guy that has tattoos all over his face--white guy, bald head, tattoos everywhere--I’m walking back to the other side of the street. ... I know that I’m not perfect. While we all have our prejudices and bigotries, we have to learn that it’s an issue that we have to control, that it’s part of my responsibility as an entrepreneur to try to solve it, not just to kick the problem down the road.” More: http://www.inc.com/maria-aspan/mark-cuban-discusses-bigotry-post-donald-sterling-fiasco.html (http://www.inc.com/maria-aspan/mark-cuban-discusses-bigotry-post-donald-sterling-fiasco.html) Mark Cuban Apologizes to Trayvon Martin’s Family For ‘Black Kid in a Hoodie’ Comment (http://time.com/110204/mark-cuban-trayvon-martin/) The Dallas Mavericks owner is backtracking part of his comments about race and bigotry in U.S. during a candid interview with Inc. Magazine at a Nashville Conference Mark Cuban: 'A racist I am not' (http://www.cnbc.com/id/101698785) By Alex Crippen Friday, 23 May 2014 Mark Cuban strongly rejected suggestions he's a racist, and accused critics of taking his controversial comments on race out of context. He did, however, apologize for one of the examples he used when admitting he has prejudices. In an on-stage interview for the GrowCo conference in Nashville, the Dallas Mavericks owner said: "If I see a black kid in a hoodie at night ... on the same side of the street, I'm probably going to walk to the other side of the street." He added that he would also cross the street to avoid "a white guy with a shaved head and lots of tattoos." But, he continued, "Other than safety issues, I try to always catch my prejudices and recognize and be very self-aware that my stream of thought is never perfect and I've got to be careful. To me, that's part of growing up and what I try to instill in my kids." More: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101698785 (http://www.cnbc.com/id/101698785) |