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Out of a Concern for Justice: Ghosts and Racism

After former basketball team owner Donald Sterling’s racist remarks made him the subject of controversy, boycotts, and financial feuds, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar appeared on the show “This Week” to speak about the ethereal nature of racism—as it is experienced by racist whites. “I’ve did a little bit of research,” Abdul-Jabbar told host George Stephanopoulos, “and more whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism.” The statistic, while certainly provocative, proved to be a little more complicated than that. Racism, as Abdul-Jabbar himself wrote in Time magazine the day after his appearance, is defined in a myriad of ways and no true measure of the latter statistic really exists.

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