I Have No Problem With Interacial Relationships

I've never had a problem with interracial relationships. It's a shame that Muhammad Ali can't say the same thing. Watch the YouTube video and judge for yourself:
https://goo.gl/F2cuUT

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[i]Well, 6 years later and YouTube reports that "This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been closed." I find ths rather disturbing. I wonder if his account was terminted because YouTube simply doesn't want anyone to know aout Ali's interviews?[/i]

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bijouxbroussard · F

He was a Southerner who came from a different generation and was raised during Jim Crow. His attitudes were not unique. How many [b]white[/b] Southerners of his generation do you imagine would be okay with it ?

Glossy · F

@bijouxbroussard This is just making up excuses for racist and homophobic comments...

bijouxbroussard · F

@Glossy Like I said, how many [b]white[/b] Southerners do you think would be okay with it ? Who didn’t experience the discrimination [b]he[/b] did growing up ?

Glossy · F

@bijouxbroussard Once you start making up excuses for racists, every other racist will claim they have their reasons for it.

Many other black people experienced what Ali went through without it turning them into a racist.

bijouxbroussard · F

@Glossy You might be surprised how many people thought some of the things he did but expressed them quietly among loved ones. And since they didn't have the public exposure [b]he[/b] did, how would you know ?

And I repeat, what about [b]white[/b] Southerners, then and now, who hurt people because of their beliefs ? Not to mention our president ?

Glossy · F

@bijouxbroussard Everyone is entitled to their own viewpoint... but when they are an influential figure and they voice their racist comments on national television, people think it's acceptable.

And, since you mentioned then and now, there are plenty of white people whose careers and livelihood have been destroyed by a single misjudged word deemed as racist even though they have subsequently apologized for it. So, I suspect if Ali had said all those racist things today, he may not have got away with it.

bijouxbroussard · F

@Glossy You're right, he probably wouldn't have. [b]Trump's[/b] been like Teflon, though. Of course, just like [b]you[/b] assume people were taken out of context, some of Ali's comments might've been, too.

bijouxbroussard · F

@bijouxbroussard I listened to the clip you provided. It's pretty simplistic, but a [b]lot[/b] of people felt that way in 1971. Loving v. Virginia had been passed in 1967, fairly recently. And Ali was a member of Nation of Islam, who were separatists. That's not an "excuse", it's a fact.

Incidentally, that clip was posted by [b]Deutscher Kreuzritter[/b], a white supremacist (based on his other videos) who captioned the clip: "Muhammad Ali on interracial marriage and couples. White girls who like blacks must watch this video!"

Think [b]he[/b] might've had an agenda ? 🤔

Glossy · F

@bijouxbroussard It doesn't really matter how many others "felt that way", that's not an excuse for racism. I watched him being broadcast live on national TV in the UK when Ali was interviewed on the country's most-watched chat show.

Judge for yourself. Here it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HBnc8YNaaQ