Michaela Angela Davis calls Cuban 's comments clumsy , but tepid next to Sterling 's . Cuban , she said , acknowledged inherent prejudices while Sterling denies them . Or during the inevitable awkward public apology , instead of the expected and lame , `` If I offended anybody Sterling 's character was formed in an America battling the birth of the Civil Rights era , she says . He is a product of his environment and has been shaped by it. It pays for Sterling to be racist , so it would be better for him just to own up to it .
Michaela Angela Davis calls Cuban 's comments clumsy , but tepid next to Sterling 's . Cuban , she said , acknowledged inherent prejudices while Sterling denies them . Sterling 's character was formed in an America battling the birth of the Civil Rights era , she says . He is a product of his environment and has been shaped by it. It pays for Sterling to be racist , so it would be better for him just to own up to it .