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hmm, i wonder if tommy holds the same grudge todayMichael Jordan reveals his past struggles with racism in a new biography released Tuesday.
In the book, led "Michael Jordan: The Life," Jordan describes to author Roland Lazenby how growing up in the 1970s in North Carolina -- where he said the Ku Klux Klan was dominant -- shaped his views on race.
[+] EnlargeKent Smith/NBAE/Getty ImagesIn a new book released Tuesday, Michael Jordan describes the impact racism had on him in his childhood. "Basically," he says, "I was against all white people."
Those views were strengthened after he watched the miniseries "Roots" and learned about the suffering of his African-American ancestors.
The tipping point, Jordan said, came in 1977, when a girl at his school called him the N-word.
"So I threw a soda at her," Jordan says in the book, excerpts of which were detailed in the New York Post. "I was really rebelling. I considered myself a racist at the time. Basically, I was against all white people."
Suspended by the school for his actions, Jordan tells Lazenby that his mother intervened, urging him not to have racial hatred dominate his life.
Jordan also detailed how he was one of only two black players on the school baseball team and was called inferior while he played.
Now 51, Jordan went on to win six NBA les with theChicago Bulls. He also took a break from basketball to try his hand at professional baseball.
Former Bulls general manager Jerry Krause says in the book that Jordan was powered throughout his life by any negative experiences, including those in his childhood.
"He remembers everyone who ever didn't think he was going to be great," Krause said, in an excerpt published by Foxsports.com. "He remembers every negative story that's ever been written about him."
The book's release comes one week after Jordan, the owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, spoke out against Los Angeles Clippers counterpart Donald Sterling, who was taped making racing comments last month and since has been banned by the NBA.
"As an owner, I'm obviously disgusted that a fellow team owner could hold such sickening and offensive views," Jordan said in a statement. "... As a former player, I'm completely outraged.
"There is no room in the NBA -- or anywhere else -- for the kind of racism and hatred that Mr. Sterling allegedly expressed. I am appalled that this type of ignorance still exists within our country and at the highest levels of our sport. In a league where the majority of players are African-American, we cannot and must not tolerate discrimination at any level."
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I like how he punched Steve Kerr in the eye....LOL
what a ing lying piece of , tbh..
Dad Killer may have hated Whites for a week or 2 after watching Roots, but he always aspired and begged for White approval..
Jordan's dream before basketball was probably to join the Klan in North Carolina, until he was informed that self-hating Blacks were still considered Black, tbh
Dad Killer, Kobe and Tom Rivers are at the top of the "begging for White approval" VIP list..
Dad Killer may have hated Whites for a week or 2 after watching Roots, but he always aspired and begged for White approval..
Jordan's dream before basketball was probably to join the Klan in North Carolina, until he was informed that self-hating Blacks were still considered Black, tbh
Dad Killer, Kobe and Tom Rivers are at the top of the "begging for White approval" VIP list..
reminds me of..
Life ban pls
Jordan's against anything that is not green. That greedy sob would not have a problem hanging out with white Nike management types while counting his money, he didn't have a problem taking white middle class money when the NBA exploded in the mid 80s all the way to his retirement.
As for that girl who called him the N-word, probably she had her car hi-jacked or something later on in life.
lol didn't he once tell Chamillionaire that he don't talk to no s?
reminds me of..
No asshole. He said he aint takin pictures with no s loollol didn't he once tell Chamillionaire that he don't talk to no s?
To be fair MJ was a black kid growing up in 70's North Carolina. Can't blame him for feeling that way.
Worse than Detroit modern day?
and Lebron is an uncle Tom
what's new folks?
Dad Killer may have hated Whites for a week or 2 after watching Roots, but he always aspired and begged for White approval..
Jordan's dream before basketball was probably to join the Klan in North Carolina, until he was informed that self-hating Blacks were still considered Black, tbh
Dad Killer, Kobe and Tom Rivers are at the top of the "begging for White approval" VIP list..
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