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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
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Nick overstates the case, but he's right that it's an old tale. I can't help but think of Ali as the original brash black athlete who was despised by most of America in the 1960s. Not only for later calling Cassius Clay a slave name and adopting an Islamic one and refusing to serve in what he saw as an unjust war, but from the beginning after his 1960 return from the Rome Olympics for being the "uppity negro" who challenged the social order and taunted his opponents before, during and after bouts. What this woman did is nothing compared to his antics.
It says so much for the country that he is now nearly universally revered. How far we've come in 60 years. Man he was awesome. Funny as hell too. I promise it's worth four minutes to watch this interview of him talking about whiteness back in 1971.
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