Writings on the Wall

Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White

By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld

Narrated by: Ben Adduchio

Bestselling author, basketball legend and cultural commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores the heart of issues that affect Americans today.Since retiring from professional basketball as the NBA's all-time leading scorer, six-time MVP, and Hall of Fame inductee, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has become a lauded observer of culture and society, a New York Times bestselling author, and a regular contributor to The Washington Post, TIME magazine and TIME.com.

He now brings that keen insight to the fore in Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White, his most incisive and important work of non-fiction in years. He uses his unique blend of erudition, street smarts and authentic experience in essays on the country's seemingly irreconcilable partisan divide-both racial and political, parenthood, and his own experiences as an athlete, African-American, and a Muslim. The audiobook is not just a collection of expositions; he also offers keen assessments of and solutions to problems such as racism in sports while speaking candidly about his experiences on the court and off.

Timed for publication as the nation debates whom to send to the White House, the combination of plain talk on issues, life lessons, and personal stories places Writings on the Wall squarely in the middle of the conversation, as many of Abdul-Jabbar's topics are at the top of the national agenda. Whether it is sparring with Donald Trump, within the pages of TIME magazine, of full-length features in The New York Times Magazine, writers, critics, and readers have come to agree on what The Washington Post observed: Abdul-Jabbar "has become a vital, dynamic and unorthodox cultural voice."

Critic reviews

[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's] concerns are deep, his arguments well-founded, and his solutions straightforward. The trick is to get people to listen, but Abdul-Jabbar provides a good jumping-off point. Heartfelt sentiments on how racism, gender equality, and other social and cultural issues in America can be changed for the betterment of all.—Kirkus Reviews

New Equality

In a world of fake news, social media and constant name calling Abdul-Jabbar offers s refreshing and well-thought solutions to many of our current issues from healthcare to housing to education all offered in anti-racist equitable ways that would benefit everyone.. This isn't some dry tome either, but full of Pop culture references and real life contemporary examples.

Kareem

Loved this book. The information, opinions and perspective were much appreciated.
Would recommend to anyone looking to expand their mind.

Book, yes, narrator, no

I greatly admire Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as a historian and public intellectual, so I found this book enlightening, inspiring and even charming. However, it fails mightily in terms of its narration. Since this book functions in part as a memoir, I would love to have heard Mr. Abdul-Jabbar read it himself. Instead, we get Ben Adduchio. He's a good narrator, and I'm sure that he has done a fine job on many other books, but he's a white guy. Normally, that would not matter in the least, but the words of a black man, talking about what it's like to face racial prejudice in America, just sound jarring and wrong in the voice of a white man. In the same way, a memoir of a white man discussing his experience with white privilege in our society would sound wrong if read by someone who was obviously from another ethnic group.

Truth Vision and Experience

The writings in this title are so profound as we navigate our paths through a devastating pandemic.

well written with excellent examples and reference

A well written book, with excellent examples and references. A great athlete, historian, plolitical and social commentator . He is such a marvelous example for Americans of all ages.