Is it any wonder Kareem Abdul-Jabbar raised a kid who stabbed a long-time neighbor 7 times in a fit of rage over trash cans? The poor kid probably never got any attention and took a backseat to all his father’s “activism.”
That’s the conclusion I’ve come to after the NBA legend didn’t have the common sense to pipe down and deal with his very serious family issues. Instead, Abdul-Jabbar is out there popping off about “Gone With The Wind” and how it needs a “warning label” on it.
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Ex-NBA Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is not on-board with the effort to ban Oscar-winning Civil War classic, Gone With the Wind. But he does want a warning label slapped on the film and all other entertainment that does not meet woke standards.
The entertainment industry has begun expunging the classic movie that has been considered one of the most romantic epics in Hollywood history since its 1939 debut. The new ban craze is based on the accusation that it features the stereotypical characters popular in the 1930s.
For his part, in his June 16 op-ed, Abdul-Jabbar slams the film not just for its black stereotype, but also for glorifying “the Confederacy as if they were a bunch of highly principled martyrs hunkered down in holy glory instead of an entitled mob of human-trafficking murderers, rapists, and traitors trying to destroy the United States.”
Abdul-Jabbar also hates the way slavery is depicted in the award-winning film:
The film also romanticizes slavery as if it was nothing more than a workplace sitcom in which all the slaves were happy baristas at the plantation’s Starbucks. On the other hand, very few movies or TV shows from the past could withstand today’s rightfully rigorous standards. Almost every one of them that pees on the stick of political correctness will come up positive for insensitivity— or worse.
After falsely claiming that the Trump administration is “undermining democracy by silencing a free press,” Abdul-Jabbar finds that he agrees with Los Angeles Times editorialist John Ridley and his suggestion that Gone With the Wind be hidden from the public for some undetermined period of time.
Maybe Kareem’s son should come with a warning label?
I have a feeling he’s doing a lot more damage to society than “Gone With The Wind” is.
This piece was written by Missy Crane on June 16, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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