(ThyBlackMan.com) When I heard online that former heavyweight boxing champ Muhammad Ali had passed away last night, I was very devastated.
Muhammad Ali was not only a great athlete in the ring, but he was a great and proud unapologetic black man outside the ring.
Muhammad Ali will always be one of my personal heroes because unlike many athletes today, he used his power and platform to elevate his people and community and he always spoke out about social issues plaguing our community and he was extremely unapologetic about that is he was proud to be unapologetically masculine as well.
Ali refused to be forced to fight in what he thought was an unjust war because his people were fighting a war against systemic oppression here in The States.
They were using the draft back then to mainly forcibly remove blk men from the homes by having them getting killed or coming back from war with PTSD so they can marginalize them from the economic system.
He was a champion for his people both in and out of the ring and he was an inspiration to many boxers that came after him like Mike Tyson.
There is a HUGE gap between the black athletes of the 60s and 70s and the rich happy slaves of today.
While many of today’s athletes are mentally enslaved by the money, endorsement deals, women, and materialism.
Black athletes of the 60s and 70s used their power and platform to speak out about social issues afftecting their community and elevating the people that they love and care about.
The Conclusion – Muhammad Ali will always be a legend, even in death.
Staff Writer; Joe Davis
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