Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is getting candid about his health struggle, and the struggle faced by Black Americans due to racial inequality in the nation's health care system.
The iconic NBA superstar penned a powerful editorial in which he revealed his own battle with prostate cancer, and what he learned from his experience.In his op-ed for WebMD, titled «Black Lives Matter,» Abdul-Jabbar revealed that, over the course of his life, he's had «prostate cancer, leukemia, and heart bypass surgery,» and explained that given his age — 73 — and his towering 7-foot-2-inch height, he's already more at risk than most.However, Abdul-Jabbar explains that another major factor when it comes to his health is the fact that he is Black.«Black lives are at.
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