Posted on 08/16/2018 10:15:46 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar likened the national anthem to songs that were sung by slaves while they were forced to do manual labor. Abdul-Jabbar, 71, in a Tuesday column for The Hollywood Reporter, recanted what Frederick Douglass said in “My Bondage and My Freedom.” “Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.” Abdul-Jabbar wrote, adding slaves had to sing their “oppressor’s feel-good songs” as well. He wrote that the “Star-Spangled Banner” is the song that President Trump – the oppressor – is demanding to be sung. “Currently, the song being demanded is the national anthem during football games. But during a warm-up game on Aug. 10, despite President Trump's previous condemnation, several Eagles players kneeled during the anthem or raised their fists — their way of singing their own song,” he wrote. “For them, lyrics like ‘land of the free’ don't accurately represent the daily reality for people of color. They love their country but want that country to recognize the suffering that occurs when it isn't living up to its constitutional promises.” The NBA’s all-time leading scorer reacted to Trump saying NFL players wanted to show their outrage at something they’re “unable to define.” “Who would know better how to define their outrage: the privileged darling of white supremacists, the 94 percent-white team owners, the 75 percent-white head coaches or the 70 percent-black players who actually take the field each week?” Abdul-Jabbar asked. The Basketball Hall of Famer has been critical of Trump’s stance about players kneeling during the national anthem. In a piece for The Hollywood Reporter in September 2017, he praised NFL players for deciding to take a stand against Trump’s remarks.
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F$%& Roger Murdock
Go to hell, Lew.
Slaves were required to sing as they worked???
As entertainment?
Work songs set the pace on chopping a tree and other tasks.
Even military training has songs.
Tell Abdul-Jabbar that slavery is still practiced in Africa and Sharia legal in Islam.
Abdul’s perfect man : Mo : was a slave owner / trader / and ...
How izzit he was freer under Obama?
How izzit he’s less free today?
Why did all of this crap happen since 2017?
Who cares what Lew Alcindor thinks?
“constitutional promises” WTF does that even MEAN to him? That there is some “right” to attack and beat the snot out of a police officer without getting shot by the cop???
My favorite NBA name change, Wally Jones to Wali Jones.
Are basketball team owners slave owners?
That BLM garbage really got going with Ferguson...Thanks Obama!/s
Kareem the history scholar must be referring to how the British were impressing American sailors into forced service on British sailing ships, which led to the War of 1812 which led to the Star Spangled Banner.
-PJ
This poor guy needs to leave this cursed land full of Evil Whites and return to the land of his ancestors where da milk and da honey do be flowing with peace for all.
Love that movie.
Takng a knee and black nationalist salutes in 21st century sports are post 2017
That's because the NBA faced the same problem in the 1990s, and they dealt with it quickly. The current collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and its players union requires the players to stand respectfully during the national anthem.
Does Mr. Alcindor think those NBA players sold out to their "slave owners?"
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