Abdul-Jabbar: ‘More whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism’
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar appeared on ABC’s “
The May 4 Sunday news shows sought outside-the-Beltway perspective for talking about American race relations, booking stars from the basketball and music industries to analyze racist comments made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Guests included Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am and former basketball stars Kevin Johnson (now the mayor of Sacramento, Calif.) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Abdul-Jabbar, who worked under Sterling for three months as a Los Angeles Clippers coach in 2000, offered his thoughts on the controversy last week in a Time op-ed, saying Sterling’s racially disparaging remarks revealed in a leaked voicemail were not a surprise given other discrimination over recent years.
Abdul-Jabbar, said racism remains part of American culture.
White people rate his claim Mostly False.
But its true. It still is apart of the american culture!