Comments Thread For: Teofimo Lopezs racist remarks may prevent the fights he seeks to create

[The D3vil]

I'm not so sure that Ali was racist against his own kind, as you suggest. As I understand it, he didn't like the fact that while he was banned from boxing for not registering for the draft, Frazier was an Army vet who did go serve during the Viet Nam war and was praised as an American hero. Muhammad stated that he didn't see the sense in going overseas to fight for America when he was discriminated against by America. He called Joe an uncle tom because he did fight for his country even while it treated him like a second-class citizen because of the color of his skin.

Calling him an ugly "gorilla", knowing what the history of that taunt was absolutely racist.

He was teasing him for his dark-skin & African features.

As much as I love Ali, like everybody else does, he was 100% wrong for that.

He kind of trafficked in that type of stuff with Liston, too, with the whole "big, ugly bear" stuff.

That's a little less racially tinged, but still suspect.

[SUBZER0ED]

Calling him an ugly "gorilla", knowing what the history of that taunt was absolutely racist.

He was teasing him for his dark-skin & African features.

As much as I love Ali, like everybody else does, he was 100% wrong for that.

He kind of trafficked in that type of stuff with Liston, too, with the whole "big, ugly bear" stuff.

That's a little less racially tinged, but still suspect.

No doubt, Ali could be an asshole in the buildup to a fight. But to call an advocate of racial equality a racist against his own people is a stretch.

[The D3vil]

No doubt, Ali could be an asshole in the buildup to a fight. But to call an advocate of racial equality a racist against his own people is a stretch.

I don't know if you're Black or not, but colorism is a HUGE topic in the Black community.

The whole light-skin/dark-skin thing has been amazingly destructive to our community.

Ali, as great as he was, had a big part in fueling hate against dark-skin Black people. He made it okay to clown Black features.

That is indeed racist.

[LarryMerchant'sBottle]

I don't know if you're Black or not, but colorism is a HUGE topic in the Black community.

The whole light-skin/dark-skin thing has been amazingly destructive to our community.

Ali, as great as he was, had a big part in fueling hate against dark-skin Black people. He made it okay to clown Black features.

That is indeed racist.

It's bad enough to face racism/bigotry from a different ethnicity, but to experience it from your own people is worse and damn shameful.

[SUBZER0ED]

I don't know if you're Black or not, but colorism is a HUGE topic in the Black community.

The whole light-skin/dark-skin thing has been amazingly destructive to our community.

Ali, as great as he was, had a big part in fueling hate against dark-skin Black people. He made it okay to clown Black features.

That is indeed racist.

Been black all my life. And while I've heard Ali denigrate his opponents, I've not heard of him attacking our race, nor fueling light-skinned vs dark-skinned. That goes a lot further back than Ali. The favor of light over dark would be originated and fueled by white slave owners making babies with African slave women. Their offspring were obviously treated better than the offspring of African parents.

[MulaKO]

I don't know if you're Black or not, but colorism is a HUGE topic in the Black community.

The whole light-skin/dark-skin thing has been amazingly destructive to our community.

Ali, as great as he was, had a big part in fueling hate against dark-skin Black people. He made it okay to clown Black features.

That is indeed racist.

I never understood the colourism thing amongst your own
I remember being in school and dudes would go at it but I truly never got it
I’d ask some friends what the whole thing was about but was always told I wouldn’t get it

[Legends456]

Teo’s always been nutty and it’s obvious he’s trying to be edgy, but in reality he’s just looking immature and petty. That said, the article and all these comments seem like a big overreaction.

[Legends456]

Teo ain't no racist, black women are beautiful!! He's from NY he's been with a few..

not gonna lie, my wife is light skinned with some Black ancestry. I still remember the first time I saw those **** and that ass. Big in all the right places!

[The D3vil]

Been black all my life. And while I've heard Ali denigrate his opponents, I've not heard of him attacking our race, nor fueling light-skinned vs dark-skinned. That goes a lot further back than Ali. The favor of light over dark would be originated and fueled by white slave owners making babies with African slave women. Their offspring were obviously treated better than the offspring of African parents.

How is calling a dark-skinned Black man a "gorilla" not "attacking our race"???

[The D3vil]

I never understood the colourism thing amongst your own
I remember being in school and dudes would go at it but I truly never got it
I’d ask some friends what the whole thing was about but was always told I wouldn’t get it

It's a holdover from slavery.

Light-skinned slav3s were treated better & considered better, smarter, & better-looking than dark-skinned slav3s, so it got built into the community.

It's so r3tarded.