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Muhammad Ali was a loud, boastful, eloquent, unapologetically pro Black, anti-imperalist, anti-zionist, anti white supremacy, anti-racist giant he was not for everyone. He is a Black legend. People hated him in his time, white people wanted his ass strung up on a platter, he was monitored by the government and almost imprisoned for his beliefs, he lost his livelihood for 4 years behind his beliefs. He was truly fearless to the end. This is not a feel good character, this is a man who just recently called out those that would mischacarterize Islam as inherently hateful. He didn’t transcend his race because even as a global icon he was still gloriously Black and proud of that. So if you want to write about him be honest about who he was and don’t shape him into a feel good character because he wasn’t. He was one of the freest, fiercest, and baddest Black men to ever do it.