The views expressed in the now infamous recordings of banned LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling may have been upsetting and offensive, but for many Americans, they also sounded pretty familiar. A fifth of Americans say they would not want a close relative marrying a black person, and a third say blacks shouldn’t push themselves where they’re not wanted. The NYT shares the numbers.

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