Sunday, June 5, 2016

Bad: On Ali

I was into sports big time, but not into boxing. Ali, though, was more than "sports." For black people all around the world, Ali was a symbol of Bigness, of moving from the shadows, the corners, the depths, even from the warmth of our own communities, and onto Their turf without changing Our stride -- moving with an aura of self-knowledge and self-affirmation that said to the other Americans: I am a Black Man. This is where I live. Deal with it. Many black men moved through the world as Ali did, only on a much smaller stage and in dimmer light. Bad, bad men!

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