Again Harvard University! Would not have crossed my mind to invite this phony dude for this event!
The basketball star was born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.. in Harlem, NYC. His father was an immigrant from Trinidad.
Like Muhammad Ali, he is also a member of some group like the Nation of Islam.
The 78 year old man has still not recognized that his adoption of a Muslim name at age 24 in 1971 was a mistake! Does he not know that e.g. Arabs/Muslims were very actively involved in the slave trade and in colonising Africa.
According to Wikipedia: "He stated that he was "latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Muslims [???]."
P.S. I am a big fan of NBA basketball and I greatly enjoyed playing amateur basketball myself in my younger days. I was a fan of e.g. Julius Erving (Dr. J is in the house).
"... On Wednesday, basketball hall of famer, writer, and social justice champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said that he counts Harvard University and President Alan Garber among “the others willing to take Dr. King’s place.” Then he asked the Class of 2025 whether he can count on them. ...
“When a tyrannical administration [???] tried to bully and threaten Harvard to give up their academic freedom and destroy free speech, Dr. Alan Garber rejected the illegal and immoral pressures the way Rosa Parks defied the entire weight of systemic racism in 1955,” ..."
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