Racism is Bad for Business, Too: Sponsors Dump Clippers Owner Donald Sterling

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Racism is Bad for Business, Too: Sponsors Dump Clippers Owner Donald Sterling
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A host of sponsors an**unced Monday plans to drop or suspend deals with the Clippers in light of the controversy that detonated this weekend after an audio recording was leaked to the press.

See also: How Much Longer Will Donald Sterling Disgrace the NBA? (http://mashable.com/2014/04/27/donald-sterling-nba/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


The following companies released statements on Monday saying they will terminate their sponsorship deals with the Clippers because of Sterling:



Virgin America

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