Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | How #MeToo Can Help Right America's Wrongs in 2018




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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Hollywood Reporter 
Abdul-Jabbar: "Silence breeds further oppression, so if we want 2018 to be the year of kicking ass rather than groping it, we will have to raise our voices for every group who faces injustice: people of color, women, immigrants, Muslims, the LGBTQ community and anyone else being marginalized by those in power." 
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