LeBron James doesn’t think any of Donald Sterlings family members should be allowed to own the L.S. Clippers. According to James that is “what’s right,” as punishment for Sterlings racist comments. James said:

“As players, we want what’s right and we don’t feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team.”

LeBron might be a genius on the court, but off the court, not so much. To say that no one in the Sterling family should be allowed to own the Clippers because of racist comments made by one person is absurd. To equate that statement with some perverted sense of “right” is even worse. But the greatest tragedy is the outright ignoring of other racist comments by people in the and associated with the NBA by LeBron and the media.

Charles Barkley recently said that the “NBS is a black league.” And faithful side-line fan Spike Lee has long been accused of racism. And let’s not forget that NBA royalty Michael Jordan recently said he was a racist “against all white people” when he was younger.

(Let’s hope LeBron doesn’t come to West Virginia and ask who Robert C. Byrd was. He will find out that he was a former member of the Klu Klux Klan and long-seated U.S. Senator that nearly everything in West Virginia is named after. But we’re not racist.)

So, where does LeBron stand on these NBA darlings and their racist comments? Would LeBron move to ban Michael Jordan and his entire family from the NBA for admitting to being a racist? Will LeBron start a petition to have Charles Barkley removed from the air for his racist remarks? Will LeBron make sure Spike Lee never attends another game? Of course not. Why?

Because this isn’t about racism. This is about setting a precedent that allows the NBA to vilify certain people for their personal beliefs and convictions. If the NBA can ban Sterling for life for his racist comments, can’t the NBA also ban Rich DeVoss – owner of the Orlando Magic – for supporting traditional marriage?

There’s a lot that could be said here, and should be said. But let me wonder out loud about another headline that failed to gain much attention in mainstream media, but shows the absolute hypocrisy of the racism debate in America.

In light of LeBron James’ statements, I can’t help but wonder if he would give his support for a museum to honor Margaret Sanger?

LeBron may not even know who Margaret Sanger is. When he hears that she championed women’s rights he is likely to support her and a museum in her honor.

When he hears that she championed abortion he might still be inclined to support her and a museum. (I don’t know where LeBron stands on the issue of abortion so I’m speculating.)

But what will LeBron say when he hears that Margaret Sanger was a notorious racist who pushed eugenics for the purpose of ridding the world of black babies?

If LeBron doesn’t think a member of the Sterling family should own the Clippers because of his racist comments, what would be fitting for a woman that sought to extinguish the African America population from America?

An article by Arina Grossu at the Washington Times makes the racist beliefs of Sanger clear:

“She even presented at a Ku Klux Klan rally in 1926 in Silver Lake, N.J. She recounted this event in her autobiography: ‘I accepted an invitation to talk to the women’s branch of the Ku Klux Klan …In the end, through simple illustrations I believed I had accomplished my purpose. A dozen invitations to speak to similar groups were proffered’ (Margaret Sanger, ‘An Autobiography,’ Page 366). That she generated enthusiasm among some of America’s leading racists says something about the content and tone of her remarks.”

Sanger didn’t mince words in a letter about her intentions regarding the black community:

“In a letter to Clarence Gable in 1939, Sanger wrote: ‘We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population…Margaret Sanger commenting on the ‘Negro Project’ in a letter to Gamble, Dec. 10, 1939).”

What would LeBron and the NBA think of Sanger’s comments? Would LeBron lead the charge to ensure that a museum in Sanger’s honor never be built? Would he encourage his other NBA friends to do all they can to make sure the legacy of Sanger dies with this generation and that history – from this point on – records her as a vile racist; which is apparently his intention with Donald Sterling?

Come to think of it, why is our government voting to support a museum in Sanger’s honor? Sure, it’s a museum to honor women, feminists, and Sanger is just one among many. But do we as a society want to enshrine a woman who was notoriously racist and sought to exterminate the black population from America; all while demonizing a few comments from an old man?

I’m not making light of Sterling’s comments, they were wrong. And punishment is needed. But to ban the man from the NBA and turn around and enshrine Sanger in a museum is a twisted sense of “right” that can only be labeled hypocrisy. And unless LeBron James is quick to denounce honoring Sanger with a museum in light of her racists beliefs he too will be nothing less than a hypocrite.

It’s for this obvious hypocrisy in our society that few people give credence to the claims of racism by media and lawmakers. Who cares if President Obama denounces Donald Sterling if he won’t denounce Margaret Sanger? Why should anyone listen to what LeBron says about Donald Sterling if he won’t also condemn the words (and actions) of Margaret Sanger and refuse to support enshrining her in a museum?

It’s a weird, hypocritical irony to drag Donald Sterling through the mud and demonize him and his family for his racist comments while we contemplate honoring Margaret Sanger with a museum. Donald Sterling has apologized for his comments, admitted he was wrong, and promised never to make the same mistake again. Sterling told Anderson Cooper:

“[I] made a mistake and I’m apologizing and I’m asking for forgiveness…Am I entitled to one mistake, am I after 35 years? I mean, I love my league, I love my partners. Am I entitled to one mistake? It’s a terrible mistake, and I’ll never do it again.”

I’m not here to speculate on whether Sterling is sincere or just offering the standard media mea culpa to get everyone off his back. I can’t judge his heart, only God can do that, and certainly will.

But what I do know is that Sterling has apologized and Sanger never once showed an ounce of remorse for her vile, racist beliefs, actions, and words. So who is a greater “monster” in our society: the man who admitted he made a mistake or the woman who was a committed racist to her death?

I wonder if LeBron will answer this question.