"I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo"

This quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recommends that black Americans are positioning excessive pressure on individual black Americans to change the status quo. He is suggesting that the responsibility of altering the status quo need to not be put solely on the shoulders of private black Americans, but need to be shared by the whole black neighborhood. He is recommending that the black neighborhood ought to come together to develop meaningful and long lasting change. He is likewise recommending that the expectations placed on private black Americans are expensive which the black community must concentrate on creating a cumulative effort to cause modification. By doing so, the black community can create a more fair and simply society.