In the first of an ongoing initiative to bring challenging conversations to campus, Donald Hall (right), the Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sciences & Engineering, welcomed basketball icon and activist Kareem Abdul Jabbar to meet with students and host a talk on the issues dividing America, including racism, economic inequality, and social injustice. ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œBasically we have to overcome fear ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½¦ That type of bigotry has no basis in logic,ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½� Abdul Jabbar told the audience in the Palestra last night. ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œWe have to learn to appreciate that people of intelligence come in all shapes and sizes and colors, and if we donÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™t learn to appreciate that then I think weÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™re just doomed as a species.ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½� (University photo by J. Adam Fenster)
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar discusses racism, social injustice
