Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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• When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • People
  • Believe
  • Black