Photos: Laker Girl auditions

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( Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times )

Lauren Kornberg, right, stretches before the start of the Laker Girls cheerleading auditions Saturday at Toyota Sports Center. More than 400 young women participated, all hoping to fill one of the 22 spots open this year.

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Arguedas at 7:30 PM December 19, 2011

This color thing is a bunch of dishonesty. People who are lazy to work for things are either raised that way, or somehow really do believe their skin color grants them things others simply have to work for in order to have.

If we are honest about the bunch of bull going on in the "race" scene, we can start talking about other stuff.

Black people have access to everything white people do and same for brown and yellow people. But some big mouthed zombie liberal always has to praise the fact that the person is certain color. The color didn't get them there. And if it did, we better take a look at what's going on in society because there should not be any favoritism period.

OrlandoArkadie at 7:41 AM August 24, 2010

hmm, need to not be so quick to holler "reverse discrimination" when people request to see more color in traditional white areas of sports.

I'd personally enjoy seeing a little more diversity in surfing...not going to happen real soon, or in basketball ownerships..more than likelyto happen...but most people are willing to wait until minorities can impact the area's naturally. not everything is a civil rights push. I dont think we should be forcing people to sell to any one nationality, I'd like to ensure fairness and anonymity of services rendered..but for now we have to rely on the goodness of people or the oppourtunistic nature of the all mighty dollar to get her done.

Joel T at 6:11 PM July 26, 2010

@Sebastian: Everyone gets a fair shake no matter what color or creed. The best of the best gets the spot. I appreciate your candor about having more diversity in sports. But only selling a team to an African American simply because people want to see more "black owners" is not only reverse discrimination, it is utterly ludicrous.

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