LA Clippers’ Donald Sterling and the future of racism

From Hot Air:

A tape has surfaced which allegedly contains inflammatory comments Donald Sterling made to his ex-girlfriend.

TMZ has released audio of the owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers franchise, Donald Sterling, making racist comments in a conversation with a former girlfriend (click above to listen). It’s not immediately clear how the tape surfaced, though its provenance almost surely involves the ex-gal pal. As TMZ summarizes the contents:

This should be interesting.

Will he get a pass, since he is a huge donator to Democrats and the NAALCP?