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This conversation is taken from Mark Kram's Ghost of Manila p.42. The guy Ali talkin to was SRR.
“Elijah Muhammad told me,” Ali said, “that I can’t go.”
Ray said: “You won’t see a gun. Box some exhibitions. It’ll be a
snap. If you don’t, they’ll send you to jail, pick up your license. You
want to blow up your career, all you have, for nothing.”
“Well,” Ali said, “Elijah Muhammad told me.”
“Forget the old man,” Ray said, annoyed now. “Is Elijah going to
go to jail, and all those other ******s?”
“But I’m afraid, Ray, I’m really afraid.”
“Afraid of what? Of the ******s if you don’t do what they told
you?”
Sugar pressed for an answer; he never got one.
Years later he recalled: “He never answered. The kid was terrified. I left him with tears in his eyes. If you ask me, he wasn’t afraid of jail. He was scared
of being killed by the ******s. But I don’t know for sure.”
Just wanna know your say on this. thanks.
“Elijah Muhammad told me,” Ali said, “that I can’t go.”
Ray said: “You won’t see a gun. Box some exhibitions. It’ll be a
snap. If you don’t, they’ll send you to jail, pick up your license. You
want to blow up your career, all you have, for nothing.”
“Well,” Ali said, “Elijah Muhammad told me.”
“Forget the old man,” Ray said, annoyed now. “Is Elijah going to
go to jail, and all those other ******s?”
“But I’m afraid, Ray, I’m really afraid.”
“Afraid of what? Of the ******s if you don’t do what they told
you?”
Sugar pressed for an answer; he never got one.
Years later he recalled: “He never answered. The kid was terrified. I left him with tears in his eyes. If you ask me, he wasn’t afraid of jail. He was scared
of being killed by the ******s. But I don’t know for sure.”
Just wanna know your say on this. thanks.
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