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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Time: Don’t Let NYPD Shootings Cloud Issue of Institutionalized Racism
The Boston Globe ^ | December 22, 2014 | Braden Campbell

Posted on 12/22/2014 3:38:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

In the years since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hung up his playing shoes, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer has collected a host of titles, including filmmaker, author and cultural ambassador.

He’s been a vocal advocate for African-Americans, and this weekend penned an essay for Time Magazine on the shooting deaths of two NYPD officers on Saturday.

Some have linked the shooting to the protests that sprung up after grand juries failed to prosecute the officers who killed Eric Garner and Michael Brown. Abdul-Jabbar disagrees, saying the suggestion the killer was acting in solidarity with the protests is false and a danger to the cause.

“The protests are no more to blame for his actions than The Catcher in the Rye was for the murder of John Lennon or the movie Taxi Driver for the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan,” he writes. “Crazy has its own twisted logic and it is in no way related to the rational cause-and-effect world the rest of us attempt to create.”(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abdul; abduljabbar; basketball; blacks; ericgarner; ferguson; gladiatormovies; newyork; nypd; racism
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1 posted on 12/22/2014 3:38:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Abdul is going to school America on “institutionalized racism”.....

What does his “prophet” say about it or slavery?


2 posted on 12/22/2014 3:40:19 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

resembles Flounder ...


3 posted on 12/22/2014 3:41:29 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Institutionalized Racism

What is that? Capitalism?

4 posted on 12/22/2014 3:42:03 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yet another wealthy “black” athlete who is worth tens of millions griping about “white privilege”. Spare me. Have a Merry Christmas!


5 posted on 12/22/2014 3:43:49 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Kareem is a foul racist


6 posted on 12/22/2014 3:44:50 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I DON’T CARE WHAT YOUR SKIN COLOR IS!

I DON’T CARE THAT YOU CARE WHAT YOUR SKIN COLOR IS!

So when you happen to have dark skin and write stuff like this guess what?


7 posted on 12/22/2014 3:45:11 PM PST by isthisnickcool (NO MORE IRS!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sorry a-hole, its called cause and effect. Hate speech leads to hate acts.

Own it.

8 posted on 12/22/2014 3:45:18 PM PST by skeeter
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I had nearly forgotten the color of a person’s skin until the current _resident and his race baiting henchmen started shoving it in my face every damn day for years and years and years.


9 posted on 12/22/2014 3:45:18 PM PST by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He right

I blame the Drive by Mee die ah.


10 posted on 12/22/2014 3:45:28 PM PST by Gasshog (DemoKKKrats: Leaders of the Free Stuff World)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Crazy has its own twisted logic... like glorifying thugs for example.


11 posted on 12/22/2014 3:45:31 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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...saying the suggestion the killer was acting in solidarity with the protests is false

while the suggestion that Sarah Palin was the catalyst for the shooting of Giffords was true, wasn't it, Lefties, Jabbar?

12 posted on 12/22/2014 3:46:28 PM PST by bkopto (Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.)
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The killer has linked the shooting to the protests that sprung up after grand juries failed to prosecute the officers who killed Eric Garner and Michael Brown. Abdul-Jabbar disagrees, saying the suggestion the killer was acting in solidarity with the protests is false and a danger to the cause.

A slight correction.

13 posted on 12/22/2014 3:47:11 PM PST by TheDon (The genocide in Iraq is the legacy of Barack Obama.)
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To: mrsmith

“Crazy has its own twisted logic... like glorifying thugs for example.”

Maybe we just need to embrace that culture and act like they do...and when something happens ya don’t like, pop that brotha and take his shoes. That group has been coddled by the gov for so long, I don’t think they understand how good they have it and how bad it could become.


14 posted on 12/22/2014 3:50:30 PM PST by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I drove this guy once if you can believe about 10 years ago when I drove a Yellow cab and he deliberately flooded my taxi with water because I did not kiss his butt properly and fawn all over him. I detest the whole idea of celebrity, just because you make a movie or play a sport doesn’t mean I am going to fawn all over you, I’m going to treat you like any other citizen, with respect but I am not into the fawning deal at all. I only reserve that for the real heroes like the men and women in our military and police. So he gets in the back seat with a liter of Poland Spring water and his assistant gets in the front seat because Kareem is huge. So we’re talking about the weather, the traffic and theres this uncomfortable vibe, like they were expecting me to break out in praise and recognition and I refused to do it. The assistant was staring at me and he was looking right at me the whole time in the rear view mirror. So I dropped them off and this lady gets in and she tells me “Say you know it’s completely flooded back here” and I look in the back. The mofo emptied the entire bottle of water all over the floor. And I KNOW it was not accident because I saw him take the EMPTY bottle out when he left. If you accidentally drop a bottle, the whole thing does not empty out. He did it DELIBERATELY and I had to go to a pizza place, buy a pizza and take 9000 napkins to soak it all up. THAT is Kareem Abdul Jabbar for you who BTW is Muslim isn’t he.


15 posted on 12/22/2014 3:51:38 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama: 7 acts of blatant treason and counting.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You’re wrong, and the sooner that you reclaim your Christian heritage and dump Allah (whoever he/she is) the better off you will be.


16 posted on 12/22/2014 3:52:11 PM PST by terycarl (common sense prevails over all)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah, so let’s talk about how many whites and Asians are in the NBA.


17 posted on 12/22/2014 3:52:50 PM PST by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: BenLurkin

Institutionalized racism is whatever the hell the race-baiters say it is, doncha know. These poorly-defined terms are the currency and standard of the bullying class, and this is little different from the taunting that every schoolkid either watched or was tormented by in grade school. The bullies are ignorant oafs, and if pressed, have no idea really of what their insults and teasing mean.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has just taken over the position of schoolyard bully.


18 posted on 12/22/2014 3:52:51 PM PST by alloysteel (Most people become who they promised they would never be.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

What a horrible person.


19 posted on 12/22/2014 3:53:25 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Someone remind me: How much this sunubitch worth????

Some racism!

20 posted on 12/22/2014 3:53:27 PM PST by HeartlandOfAmerica (An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions, led by a deer.)
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