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SGT Edward Wilcox
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2 incredibly racist rants from prominent Americans. Too bad they were both wrong. I would be interested what Malcolm X thought about that speech after his return from the Hadj.
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LCpl Cody Collins
LCpl Cody Collins
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He had a change of Heart about white people, and he was killed for it. I don't think you got his message about the political system. and this was 50 years ago, Ive heard white people today in this generation say the same thing. Ali didn't hate anyone for any reason, he just stated how he felt, why is that racist?
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SGT Edward Wilcox
SGT Edward Wilcox
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LCpl Cody Collins - Malcolm X's evaluation of the political system in the '60s was colored by his hatred of White people, including those who were trying to help. He was wrong then, and he is wrong now.

If you heard a White person say what Ali said in that interview, and I have heard it from White people many times, you would accuse them of deep seated racism. The fact that Ali is Black does not change the racist nature of what he was saying.

One does not have to feel hatred to be racist. Ali may not have hated anyone, but he was still heavily influenced by his association with the Nation of Islam, an organization that taught, and still teaches, hate, and racism.
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LCpl Cody Collins
LCpl Cody Collins
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That's what I wanted people to see what Ali be considered a races and today's societie for what he said .Considering The Times he lived then he was right cause even when I was a teenager I have friends that got beat-up because they dated a white girl in high school .When I was in high school in Saint Louis Missouri I want to a high school called Southwest high in my chemistry class there is a nice looking white girl I wanted to go out with me ,I was warned after class to don't do it I will regret it That was the 1st time that I experience racism on such a level .Yes the nation Islam does preach hatred but that's not why I wanted people to see the video .Because the assessment mouth and ex had a both political parties is the same assessment I hear people say today both black-and-white .I guess that old adage the more things change the more they stay the same
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