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Published · transcript-backedKareem Abdul-Jabbar: belief
2 Feb 2016 Conversations with Tyler Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Fighting Bruce Lee, Growing Up in Harlem, and Basketball (Live at Mason)
“I would say to them that, unless they understand history — and I’m stealing again — they will be condemned to repeating it, which hasn’t gone that well for most human beings.”
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- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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- 2 Feb 2016
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Thank you for being here today. In your book On the Shoulders of Giants, you say that if you were not a professional basketball player you wanted to be a history teacher. I am a high school history teacher, and if I were to walk in my classroom and say, “Hey, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar told me personally to tell you that history is important because — ,” what kind of advice would you have? What would you say to them? I would say to them that, unless they understand history — and I’m stealing again — they will be condemned to repeating it, which hasn’t gone that well for most human beings. They should understand that and try not to repeat the mistakes of people that have gone before us. That’s what that’s all about. Next question.…
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