From Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick, the proud history of black protest in sport

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NFL players kneeling in the US and Premier League stars speaking out in the UK is nothing new: sportsmen and women have always been at the forefront of the fight for civil rights

We may never know why Jake Hepple, a now unemployed welder from Burnley, thought it was a good idea to hire a plane and have it trail a banner reading “White Lives Matter Burnley” across the skies over Manchester’s Etihad Stadium.

 

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multimillion dollar contract with a sports wear company, proclaiming ' He sacrificed everything' what a joke, I smell politics in this scumbags future

Mohamed Ali was a champion, he worked for his money, he did not get rich in an environment that overpays ones for having a decent season, then fails, suddenly grows a social conscious, to cover up his pouting, then sues the people that made him rich, then a

Dont ever compare the two

Kap & Ali should never be used in the same sentence!

Protesting what? Making millions for dribbling or throwing a ball? Police are the ones who should be protesting its they who are abused and endangered by these criminals who disrespect the law! What the hell do you think is going to happen if you wrestle with the police? NFL AH

I didn't know there were 2 American anthems. GTFOH

How about the putrid history of black criminals in sports? And BTW, Ali was one of the most racist athletes ever, calling Joe Frazier a 'gorilla' and other racist terms. Kaepernick is a hustler who milked millions from a phony kneeling scam. Nothing proud about either of them.

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Let’s not forget the veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice so he could do what he does

Bye Bye Guardian!

The Guardian always disappoints.

Unpatriotic bastards.

A nice photo op for U.N.AGENDA30 1% RICHEST WHITE MEN MANIPULATION. WHERE ARE THE BLACK MEN IN THE TOP 1% wanting a UNION WORKING FORCE WITH NO CHANCE TO OWN LAND? There aren’t any. Because they are smart and know they are being used! They’re using BLM to fund DEMOCRAT MARXISTS!

You mean from Tommy Smith.

Kris_Sacrebleu which is always hilarious to me when chuds complain about sports being 'suddenly political' when it's ALWAYS been that way

That line starts way further back than Muhammad Ali, just like our Cilvil Rights movements go back way further than the 1960s which was like the 5th movement. Moses Walker, Major Taylor, Paul Robeson's, Jackie Robinson's activism,

Yeah well Ali didn't hijack the national anthem.

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Kris_Sacrebleu The default position and consensus one learnt and came to as a younger was to never mix politics with sport... Whilst the environment outside tests such consensus, the default stays the same.

Kris_Sacrebleu The default position and consensus one came to as a younger was to never mix politics with sport...

Do not Compare CK to Ali. There is no comparison. One was a leader the other a Fraud.

The politicization of sports is a friggin joke.

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Except Ali had nobody backing him up TheGreatest

Both were cowards

Nothing proud about this loser

How about the proud history of whites, they don't kneel,they achieve, with no special needs service, like black lives matter, BLK is a TERRORIST Organization

I wish Kaepernick would have actually face racism as we know it. His stance on racism is a disgrace. Being raise by white parents he should be praising the white race. He found a flaw in sports contracts called racism and rode that horse.

Thugs, I'll never watch football again, over paid idiots, DON'T LIKE AMERICA, THEN LEAVE!!!!!

Only difference is one was The Champ & one was a Chump spewing garbage..

But I thought I saw Muhammad Ali's son say that his father would have regarded the BLM protests as racist. ?

So blacks should vote for Trump because he is banning H1B to give more jobs to Blacks I presume. The Dems have always been fooling the blacks and the giveaway is when JoeBiden says he will revoke the H1Bvisa restriction! Get smart and vote for the Right aka realDonaldTrump

Muhammad Ali's son says dad would have hated 'racist' Black Lives Matter via nypost

Everyone owes Colin an apology!! You were right, Colin, saying 'STAND FOR SOMETHING!' and this was a purpose to kneel for. Congratulations! You were right all along.

This protest was NEVER ABOUT THE FLAG!! That was a red herring brought to purpose by el tRumpo to distract from the purpose of black Americans to get equal civil rights & STOP POLICE BRUTALITY OF BLACKS.

Dominic Raab denied taking the knee, wonder if he was a black man, would he have done the same? It’s ridiculous how a foreign secretary of a country can be so thik and openly show his disagreement with what’s this about!

Cassius Clay raged against interracial marriages/children/neighborhoods/friendships. Why give hate mongers a platform? 🤔 He was a race realist that understood people are too different go coexist peacefully.

'No white is superior to a black and no black is superior to a white, except in piety & good actions Remember one day you will stand infront of God and answer for your actions. So do not stray from righteousness after I am gone -Muhammad God's messenger

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