A US sports magazine features LDS basketball player Jabari Parker ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In his class Wallace showed a series of Lee films, including 4 Little Girls, Do the Right Thing and When the Levees Broke. Parker was an enthusiastic participant when the class discussed Malcolm X. I spoke about African-Americans long association with Christianity and the peaceful teachings of Jesus Christ, Parker says. And that when Malcolm X emerged, Islam was relatively new to a lot of people in our country, including African-Americans. Wallace was impressed, saying, There was something about the way Jabari spoke that gave me a greater sense of who he was as a young man of faith. I knew then that his background and his rearing in faith was significant. And he owned it. I have deep admiration for that. Jabari is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, having attended Mormon services with his family since birth. Shortly after arriving at Duke, Parker got a phone call from Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young, the most visible Mormon athlete in the world. You can be a fierce competitor and you can be in it to win as long as your source material is Christ, Young told him. Thats what keeps you humble. Its what I call spiritual athleticism. sportsillustrated.cnn/college-basketball/news/20140219/jabari-parker/?eref=sihp
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