"While the slave masters cheer for slavery, they get a freakish thrill making the slave cheer for slavery." —Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016
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Muhammad Ali was black. Muhammad Ali was Muslim. Muhammad Ali was radical.
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"Ali belonged to everyone." Yeah, no. That's beyond offensive. Only people who know nothing about him would claim this.
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To write that Ali, a black Muslim who spoke and wrote so eloquently against being owned somehow "belongs" to you? Nah.
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Ali's death illustrates the unbearable whiteness of black sports writing. From lefty magazines to the New Yorker to the newspaper of record.
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Please send me black and/or muslim writers publishing incredible prose on Muhammad Ali. I know it exists; crowd my mentions with it.
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thank you for that great info. Will be buying that book!
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@JoyAnnReid@aurabogado Compelling anecdotes in that book. Emmett Till, Judge Aaron, first marriage, the whole nine.
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Thank you for sharing this history. I did not know any of this. Checking this book out from the library this weekend.
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thank you for these tweets -- and hope all is well out there.
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I will! Thank you for the recommendation.
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@Gabriel_Montoya Didn't the prophet Muhammad own slaves?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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