On April 24, 2014, the entertainment television channel TMZ released an audio recording of a conversation between Donald Sterling, the owner of the professional basketball team of the Los Angeles Clippers and his girlfriend. In the conversation, Sterling expressed his extreme racism towards African Americans. He specifically told his girlfriend, “You can sleep with [black people]. You can bring them in, you can do whatever you want. The little I ask of you is not to promote him on that... and not to bring them to my matches." Sterling's recorded conversation immediately sparked a series of outcry reactions from numerous public figures on and off the basketball court. Five days after the recording was released, on April 30, 2014, Adam Silver, the NBA commissioner, announced that Sterling would be banned from NBA games for life and would most likely be forced to sell the Clippers. Silver said: “We are united in condemning Mr Sterling's views. They simply have no place in the NBA.” This story shows that even though society's opinion towards racism has changed dramatically for the better in recent decades, racism still exists and remains a real problem in our society today. It becomes even more important to look back at the past and re-examine the legacy of anti-racism, especially that of one of the most important anti-racist figures in history, Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. He was famous for his activism in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, and after his death by assassination he became an influential figure in the anti-racism movement. On August 28, 1963, the date of the March on Washington, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. King delivered his most essential speech in his ca...... middle of paper ......Sterling's racism demonstrates that racism is decreasing and that the world is changing for the better. In King's words, "in Alabama the little black boys and girls will be able to join the little white boys and girls as sisters and brothers." If he could be here today, he would be happy to see that his dreams have finally come true. Works Cited King, Martin Luther Jr. “I Have a Dream.” Lincoln Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia. August 28, 1963. Public speech. “About Dr. King.” The King Center. The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Network. May 4th. 2014.TMZ Personal. "LA Clippers owner to girlfriend: Don't bring black people to my games... including Magic Johnson." TMZ. EHM Productions, Inc, April 25, 2014. Web. May 4. 2014. “Donald Sterling Receives Lifetime Ban.” ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures, April 30, 2014. Web. May 4. 2014.