# NBA Hawks owner to sell team after revelations of racist emails from 2012

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**Created:** [September 7, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-hawks-owner-to-sell-team-after-revelations-of-racist-emails-from-2012/697779 "2014-09-07T16:37:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-hawks-owner-to-sell-team-after-revelations-of-racist-emails-from-2012/697779/71 "2014-09-08T20:45:23Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> Did you read the actual email, or is that your summary?

I read the actual mail.

> [@](#):
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> What you’re saying, essentially, is that it’s OK for Levenson to discriminate against black people if he’s doing it based only on money and not race.

Hiring some white cheerleaders, and playing background music that isn’t rap or gospel, is discriminating against black people?

That’s preposterous.

Lewison complains that they aren’t attracting a lot of black father-son combinations. Gee, I wonder [why that might be](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/29/don-lemon/cnns-don-lemon-says-more-72-percent-african-americ/).

Regards,  
Shodan

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