I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo. - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Quotesmemo.com

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The beliefs of Native people are no less powerful or important just because they focus on a different "form of magic. "

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

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