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The Many Faces of Discrimination

Dikembe Mutombo, former NBA star, talks about his personal experience with not being accepted because he was different. As a teenager he was called a giraffe, accused of being a ghost and generally harassed because of his height. “People with disabilities aren’t the only ones targeted,” he said.  But he rose above it all. After an 18-year professional career, he took his wealth and put it back into his country by building a $30 million hospital.

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