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#BlackLivesMatter: Muhammad Ali had it right 50 years ago

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Nearly 50 years later and everything is still wrong, which is why every sporting code has a responsibility to create awareness about black lives and that BlackLivesMatter | By Mark_keohane IOLSport

Renowned British television show host and columnist Michael Parkinson interviewed Muhammad Ali on October 17, 1971.

“So anyway, I was always curious. I always wondered why Tarzan is the King of the Jungle in Africa, he was white. "Santa Claus was white and everything bad was black. The little ugly duckling was the black duck, and the black cat was the bad luck. And if I threaten you, I’m going to blackmail you. Those whites, whose first defence is to scream #AllLivesMatter, miss the point that ‘All Lives’ have never mattered, not in society and not in sporting environments across the world, which is why there has always been this white bias and acceptance that white is right.

#BlackLivesMatter is not a project, a weekly protest or something that is in vogue. It is a reality and sport, as a global attraction, has the platform to never excuse or tolerate prejudice against black lives.

 

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