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Published · transcript-backedKareem Abdul-Jabbar: evaluation
2 Feb 2016 Conversations with Tyler Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Fighting Bruce Lee, Growing Up in Harlem, and Basketball (Live at Mason)
“I think there’s a very conservative strain in, let’s say, the black community. But they absolutely advocate for change because things have to change in order to make success more accessible.”
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…In terms of the athletes, again not being Republicans in the sense of today’s Republican Party but a kind of conservatism. Do you think that’s there in a lot of them? Certainly. I think there’s a very conservative strain in, let’s say, the black community. But they absolutely advocate for change because things have to change in order to make success more accessible. These talks are wide ranging so some questions about jazz. What’s your favorite Thelonious Monk story? [laughter]…
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