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DemocratSinceBirth

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3. The paradox is though he was unapologetically and unabashedly black he loved everybody

Reply to Kind of Blue (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 6, 2016, 11:56 AM

Jun 2016

The paradox is though he was unapologetically and unabashedly black he loved everybody regardless of race, religion or creed... Think about that. Why? Because he was so comfortable in his own skin.

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"Muhammad Ali: Never the White Man’s Negro." [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 OP

Good article! Read it a couple of hours ago and Kind of Blue Jun 2016 #1

The paradox is though he was unapologetically and unabashedly black he loved everybody DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #3

Very, very powerful. Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2016 #7

He exemplifies freedom so much. That statement is so powerful. Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2016 #5

Yeah, the operative word is freedom. Kind of Blue Jun 2016 #10

Cheers to you! Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2016 #11

... Kind of Blue Jun 2016 #12

ali was every racist white person's nightmare beachbum bob Jun 2016 #2

K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #4

K&R brer cat Jun 2016 #6

Ali gave "respectabiltity politics" the finger before it even came to be known as such. Number23 Jun 2016 #8

At a time when it was (still) quite dangerous, Mr. Ali refused to "know his place" YoungDemCA Jun 2016 #9