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Muhammed Ali sets a BBC interviewer straight
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Originally posted by devildg View Posti would not call him an intellectual at all but he parroted alot of common societal views on race from the black community, thereby, serving as an effective unofficial ambassador for black people. his stance on the Vietnam War was nothing unique but he was effective at communicating. a lot of charismatic people are like this including MLK Jr., Ronald Reagan, etc, etc
Had Ali decided to be a politician, he would have been pretty damn good at that too.
He was lucky that the public opinion of the Vietnam War went down the plug or otherwise he might never have recovered from it, in a boxing sense.
Ali wasn't smart enough to be a politician, however he would be a good spokesperson, he's someone you'd hang a megaphone to and tell them to campagin for you.
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Ali was brainwashed by the Nation of Islam. It's a racist and bigoted organization that preached segregation and black superiority.
I don't blame Ali because he fell into it but at the same time he was gullible enough to believe in that nonsense. Malcom X was deep into that as well until he actually visited Mecca and realized everything he was being told was wrong and in turn was murdered by the Nation of Islam.
Ali was just a product of his times.
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Originally posted by Cuauhtémoc1520 View PostAli was brainwashed by the Nation of Islam. It's a racist and bigoted organization that preached segregation and black superiority.
I don't blame Ali because he fell into it but at the same time he was gullible enough to believe in that nonsense. Malcom X was deep into that as well until he actually visited Mecca and realized everything he was being told was wrong and in turn was murdered by the Nation of Islam.
Ali was just a product of his times.
That's what so many people tend to overlook. They look at this as if it was recorded yesterday. Ali lived and grew up in an era when there were laws that prohibited him from the same rights as other races. He was an Olympic gold medalist who wasn't allowed to eat in a local diner. Yet his foreign opponents that he fought for his own country would have had the same rights he was denied. That's something that can affect a persons psyche and people can respond in different ways. Martin Luther King and Malcom X are an example.
Some people need to keep that in perspective and stop pretending that 1971 was the same as 2013. Society in general was nothing like it is now. A lot of the laws were even dramatically different. Most people evolve as things change and Ali did a long time ago.
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Originally posted by joseph5620 View PostThat's what so many people tend to overlook. They look at this as if it was recorded yesterday. Ali lived and grew up in an era when there were laws that prohibited him from the same rights as other races. He was an Olympic gold medalist who wasn't allowed to eat in a local diner. Yet his foreign opponents that he fought for his own country would have had the same rights he was denied. That's something that can affect a persons psyche and people can respond in different ways. Martin Luther King and Malcom X are an example.
Some people need to keep that in perspective and stop pretending that 1971 was the same as 2013. Society in general was nothing like it is now. A lot of the laws were even dramatically different. Most people evolve as things change and Ali did a long time ago.
I don't excuse Ali but at the same time I understand why he was the way he was. Doesn't make it any less wrong though and thankfully we are moving towards a more progressive, logical way of thinking where race, gender and sexual preference doesn't matter anymore.
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Originally posted by Cuauhtémoc1520 View PostThis is true but at the same time, we need to understand that there were people that DID NOT think like Ali and were more advanced in their thinking.
I don't excuse Ali but at the same time I understand why he was the way he was. Doesn't make it any less wrong though and thankfully we are moving towards a more progressive, logical way of thinking where race, gender and sexual preference doesn't matter anymore.
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Originally posted by Fury View PostHe's is right. Sadly, if you say this today you get labelled as a racist.
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