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He inspired me to be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar by handling situations... without giving in to all of the anger and rage that he must have felt, he handled that in a way that really shamed the people who had tried to tell him to find the door and leave Boston Celtics. He kept winning, Boston Celtics kept winning. And they kept doing Boston Celtics with a number of Black athletes.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
The vandalism that Bill experienced was just an expression of the anger of people who felt that he should not be given the opportunity to be as successful as he was as an athlete, they resented his success and they wanted to show him that he had a place in society that they did not respect and they were going to put him in his place.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
He became a role model when I realized some of the things that scared me and bothered me about race relations in America were things that he addressed, he gave me a way to speak about it that had all of the elements of trying to make something better, rather than just being angry. Read More.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
The whole purpose of the demonstrations is to get (fans’) attention, these are the people that ignore the fact that people are being shot dead in the street. They’ve found ways to ignore it.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
A lot of the guys that are trying to jump into the NBA are immature and don’t understand the game and it’s having a negative effect on the college game and on the pro game, maybe they should do something about that such as raising the age to 21. Something should be done about the one-and-done phenomenon.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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