re: Why is Muhammad Ali so revered when he is a racist POS?

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He was wasn't elected the first time. He was appointed by folk who were nominated for their position by folk like Ford, Reagan, and the elder Bush.

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dude, your talkin about a time you know nothing about, if you grew up in those times I would tip my hat to you, until then STFU.

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Wow an awful lot of people defend Ali's extremist beliefs regarding white people

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Those beliefs weren't uncommon among black people, I'd imagine, and there is a history of why those people felt that way. Some still do.

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yet not interviewing a black candidate for a coaching postion is racist

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Are you telling me that there are no black coaches out there that are interested in becoming a head coach?

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Everybody is a victim of something and is entitled to something because of it

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Are you saying there haven't been inequalities that exist between the dominant culture and minorities?

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MLK was preaching that if you want respect, be respectable, improve yourself, do something positive

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People are terribly miseducated about MLK. He was so radical at that time, they killed him. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are alive and well today.

MLK was about to launch a major campaign that would have called for a massive redistribution of wealth in this country about the time he was killed. Anti-discrimination laws were just one part of what he wanted to accomplish.

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dude, your talkin about a time you know nothing about, if you grew up in those times I would tip my hat to you, until then STFU.

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By that standard, don't ever say anything about slaveowners.

[quote]dude, your talkin about a time you know nothing about, if you grew up in those times I would tip my hat to you, until then STFU.

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Yes those were very different times, the KKK often could kill and murder with virtual impunity b/c many of the local police were Klansmen themselves, even the FBI b/c of J Edgar Hoover was very unsympathetic in many cases.

best you can do asswipe, like I said hearsay.

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I'll talk about a time that I know a lot about. Some random memories about Clay/Ali.

1. The draft dodging did not upset me because we used a draft board at that time and the boards were notoriously corrupt at exempting people with status in the town and punishing people not liked.

2. I remember him saying from jail "If they let me fight the taxes they would charge me would buy a tank." He was right.

3. Ali is part white and spoke often that "you want kids who look like you" and that's why he married a black woman ...as opposed to Jack Johnson.

4. White people almost unanimously wanted Liston to defeat Clay because Clay was brash/mouthy/uppity. Whites also wanted Patterson to beat
Clay because Patterson was a nice black guy.

5. Ali, in his youth...was the best fighter I've ever seen. He was a heavyweight with a lightweight's quickness. He could go through an entire fight without getting hit in the face. In later years he got in the face...a lot.

6. The only fighter I saw that might have been better in his era was Teophilo Stephenson of Cuba. They never met because Stephenson was never allowed to fight professionally. In their primes I would put my money on Teophilo...he was scary.

7. Reverence for Ali is similar to that of Elvis. Elvis was a white drug addict who made a lot of people happy singing. Personally, I hated Elvis' singing and I was very sorry when he died because I knew the radio stations would play his songs non stop for a week.

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6. The only fighter I saw that might have been better in his era was Teophilo Stephenson of Cuba. They never met because Stephenson was never allowed to fight professionally. In their primes I would put my money on Teophilo...he was scary.

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I agree with everything but this!! You are an IDIOT if ALI would have let Stevenson do ANYTHING to him!!!!