IN YOUR OPINION, WHO IS THE MOST POLITICAL BLACK ATHLETE OF ALL TIME?
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JACKIE ROBINSONicecoldstew wrote: »DROSAIN_BOLT wrote: »ParallelRhymes wrote: »define "political"
BASICALLY, OPPOSING THE WHITE MAN AND HIS LAW.. NOT BEING A SLAVE TO THEY SOCIETY, AND FIGHTING FOR THEIR BELIEFS... NOT SO MUCH JUST HOLDING A SPOT IN OFFICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
How was Jackie Robinson not the biggest black athlete not to do all of this? He couldve easily told buddy ? you I aint bout to do this ? and stayed in the ? Leagues.
YEAH HE IS.. BUT I THINK ALI IS JUST AS BIG FOR SAYIN "? YALL CRACKAZ, I AINT GOING TO YALL ARMY, PUT ME IN JAIL!!!" -
JACKIE ROBINSONThread makes u wish the brothers would take stand like this now. Now a days ? say ? and then turn around and apologize for it. That's some weak ass ? , if u man enough to say it/tweet it, be man enough to stand by what u said.
EXACTLY... ? LIKE LEBRON, KOBE, SHAQ, THESE DUDES CAN/COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE -
MUHAMMAD ALIDavid Ruffin wrote: »Ali was one of the biggest ? in history
shuckin and jivin for Howard cossell and them.white folks
he backstabbed and belittled a real hardworking black in Joe Frazier in public and u impressionable ? ate it up
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MUHAMMAD ALIDavid Ruffin wrote: »Ali was one of the biggest ? in history
shuckin and jivin for Howard cossell and them.white folks
he backstabbed and belittled a real hardworking black in Joe Frazier in public and u impressionable ? ate it up
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9TRAY_93EB wrote: »David Ruffin wrote: »Ali was one of the biggest ? in history
shuckin and jivin for Howard cossell and them.white folks
he backstabbed and belittled a real hardworking black in Joe Frazier in public and u impressionable ? ate it up
? , you Trollin'?
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MUHAMMAD ALI9TRAY_93EB wrote: »David Ruffin wrote: »Ali was one of the biggest ? in history
shuckin and jivin for Howard cossell and them.white folks
he backstabbed and belittled a real hardworking black in Joe Frazier in public and u impressionable ? ate it up
? , you Trollin'?
Well he did backstabbed joe fraizer
how?
from all the stories and books i have read on that matter(and in the ali movie) ali and frazier were always cool, and did most of that ? to sell tickets. they always respected each other.
i dare duke to post anything ali did that resemble this. i all his interviews he spoke real ? and disguised it as joke, he is was keeping it real for the black folks.shuckin and jivin for Howard cossell and them.white folks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m2chT8HKs8 -
MUHAMMAD ALI
apples and oranges. the men posted were political activist/rights. iverson made his mark on pop culture.fortyacres&amule wrote: »Allen Iverson , he made cornrows , tats and hiphop cool in the league
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MUHAMMAD ALIDamn this is a difficult one because a lot of those guys had a serious impact and a soapbox they actually used to try and further the cause for racial equality..............................
Even though like @DavidRuffin said what Ali did to Joe Frazier and some of the other brotha's he boxed was wrong I guess I would have to go with Ali for the simple fact that he was so vocal and in the forefront of the movement, the guy went to jail for his beliefs. Wasn't shy and didn't distance himself away from the teachings of the N.O.I.
Jim Brown is a serious close 2nd. -
JACK JOHNSONIn an era where blacks were regularly lynched for beating up white men or being in relationships with white women, Johnson did both in the public eye.
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I'm sorry. I can't give Jack Johnson "political" props just for smashing cave bishes. He wasn't no hero for that, he was just a typical cave-bish loving, thirsty ass nikka that wanted some white trophy ? to go along with the rest of his "expensive" ? .
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DROSAIN_BOLT wrote: »ParallelRhymes wrote: »define "political"
BASICALLY, OPPOSING THE WHITE MAN AND HIS LAW.. NOT BEING A SLAVE TO THEY SOCIETY, AND FIGHTING FOR THEIR BELIEFS... NOT SO MUCH JUST HOLDING A SPOT IN OFFICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
Jason Collins
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JACK JOHNSONgreenwood1921 wrote: »I'm sorry. I can't give Jack Johnson "political" props just for smashing cave bishes. He wasn't no hero for that, he was just a typical cave-bish loving, thirsty ass nikka that wanted some white trophy ? to go along with the rest of his "expensive" ? .
Those catching feelings aren't looking at all those listed in context...
He was the only person listed that ACTUALLY risked his life doing what he did. Imagine the amount of attempts on his daily life??
Forget succeeding in boxing and smashing white broads - just by being wealthy during that time period alone was a death wish. AND NO FUCCS WERE GIVEN. The powers that be at the time couldn't wait to get this dude out the spotlight....
Granted he obviously didnt start no civil rights movement or tried to bring about world peace - but he like the rest on d list went against the tide of their time
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JESSE OWENSCouple obvious choices on the list.. I went with the dude that gave a dose of ether to everybody in the audience, on the biggest stage, in probably the worst place too and to one of the evilest dudes dead or alive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCmvDwDocrw
"Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with ? , I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either."
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MUHAMMAD ALIBlack athletes don't say ? about race or the white man nowadays........ ? you talkin about? ? wore hoodies but none of them every said ? about bein down with "the cause" or said ? about racial injustice......... Too many endorsement deals to lose for all that ? .................... These ? now probably talk about bein down with these wack ass rapper but none of these ? really speak on issues that matter in our community..... These ? are puppets and robots......................... They only give a ? about dollars and cents.................
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Shout out to the player formally known as chris jackson.
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O.G.VETERAN wrote: »Shout out to the player formally known as chris jackson.
He wasn't on quite the same level as an athlete as the others but he deserves a mention.
He basically did the exact same thing Ali and Kareem did with a lil more bite behind it. -
in a press conference for their third fight, Ali literally told the media that Joe Frazier "ain't have no shuffle" like he does
if that ain't the most coontastic ? ever then I don't know what is....? basically just admitted that he be shuffling for them white folks -
MUHAMMAD ALIDavid Ruffin wrote: »in a press conference for their third fight, Ali literally told the media that Joe Frazier "ain't have no shuffle" like he does
if that ain't the most coontastic ? ever then I don't know what is....? basically just admitted that he be shuffling for them white folks
OR ali could have meant fraizer didn't have the in ring footwork he did...... -
JESSE OWENSWhy the nosign @undergroundraplegend ?
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JIM BROWNRosie Greer, Billy Jean King. Missing names
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JIM BROWNI vote for Jim Brown, but I wanted to vote for Ali as well. They both gave back to their people, stood up for their beliefs, scared white people, and didn't care what they thought of them.
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MUHAMMAD ALIAli gave up the belt and faced 5 years in prison for his beliefs.
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MUHAMMAD ALIWhy the nosign @undergroundraplegend ?
My bad.
@S.jR. I mostly am on my phone when Im on this forum I accidently sometimes hit reactions sometimes. -
JIM BROWNAli, Kareem, Jesse Owens, and Jim Brown... Brown prob the realest
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MUHAMMAD ALIi dont think black athletes today even claim they are about it
