Spiritual Comment about Donald Sterling Most Recent Racist

Donald Sterling’s most recent racist remarks have become a hot topic, and I recently found myself at dinner with some friends listening to their conversations about the topic. I saw what they were doing, judging and finding excitement in the actions being taken against this man because of his racist behavior, not realizing that they were reacting with the same cruelty that he demonstrated in the very statements he was being criticized for. “Shame on him,” I heard, even coming from my own self as an initial reaction, but how was I any different from him to judge just as strongly and lovelessly as he was judging people with a different skin color.

I think about this and the famous phrase from Rabbi Jesus comes to mind:
“He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”

And shame on me, I thought, because there I was, judging the actions of my brother as if I was free from being a sinner, forgetting that as long as another human being contains this behavior himself, I contain it as well, because we are all one. How can we see it in ourselves if our actions and thoughts are not as strong as Donald Sterling’s? As I was reflecting on my thoughts, I couldn’t stop myself from saying how sorry I was for him about what was happening, while my friends reacted immediately with saying that they were not sorry.

This is the reason why I am writing these lines, to explain to you why I am so sorry about this man. It is truly sad for me to see what he represents for humanity. Donald Sterling is living proof that there are still humans so far away from the ways of love, so far from being able to see the big picture, from being able to see the interconnectedness of all the beings that exist. He is a reminder of those that are unable to move away from the judgement, from the wishing of harm upon others. He is a reminder of our lack of compassion and ability to understand that he is merely a mirror for all of humanity. It is truly sad to realize that 2,014 years after one of the greatest teachers of love came to remind us of oneness, we still remain so far away from truly living life from a place of love, acceptance, and compassion.

The other day I was working, listening to a conversation between two friends, and one of the ladies, a mother of a 4 year old, was talking about how her child came back from school amazed by the fact that one of his new teachers was Black. As she continued sharing her story, she said “Oh my god, I immediately told him that he shouldn’t refer to a Black person like that in public because it is not polite. I told him he should describe them as having darker skin or use other words to describe them, but that in front of other people he should try to refrain from mentioning skin color.”

A few days after this, I was outside my house while my kids were playing and a lady who was looking to buy a house stopped and asked me what type of neighborhood this was, followed with a question regarding the number of Black people living in the area. My sadness increased with the recognition that many of us restrict our opinions about color just because it is not right to do it in front of others, but unfortunately, many still hold on to the understanding and belief of a difference between one another just because of the color of one’s skin, one’s title, one’s money or lack thereof.

It is truly amazing to me to see that in our world, people have to fight just for the right to be seen and treated as a human being. And even so, many people still believe that because others have a different skin color, more money, a better education, so on and so forth, that they are different. And the people in these very categories sometimes even separate their own selves from others because they are unable to see the oneness.

Perhaps what we need to work on is the ability to go beyond teaching our children and ourselves not to do something in front of others because it is not polite or acceptable in society’s eyes, and to sit down and ask ourselves “Does this person have two ears? Do they have two eyes? A mouth? Legs? Arms?” We must see the similarities between each of us; we all function the same way, with the same blood, arteries, veins. We all have so many things in common, and if we are only able to see these similarities, we will realize that one is no different from the other. We just choose and insist to see our differences, our very few differences between one another, when we are all more alike than we realize.

Funny enough, those judging Donald Sterling are also those that are unable to see that the way they are judging him is, indeed, in the same way he was placing judgment. It all stems from a lack of love, a lack of compassion, and a lack of acceptance.

And so I leave you, and myself, with this reminder:
“He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”

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