Sorry this is a day late, but perhaps it allows all the fluff to settle down and for us to appreciate a more controversial but candid Ali. The Great One was more than a legendary boxer; he loved his people in the same way that we at Hoosier Nation love ours.

In this first video, Ali firmly states his common sense thesis regarding interracial marriage to an unsympathetic white show host.

No intelligent white person…in his or her right white mind, want black boys and black girls marrying their white sons and daughters, and in return introducing their grandchildren as half-brown, kinky-head black people.

Did you notice how Ali called out the host for saying that he wouldn’t object to such a practice? Ali tells the host that what he says is not what he practices, and that he’s only saying such because he runs the show and has to! This should be our tactic, too, as we realize that behind all the censorship of and resistance to our position by our own kin, we at least share a practical agreement.

This second video contains more common sense words from Ali, this time spoken at a public rally to a largely unsympathetic audience.

We’re not seeking to lose our identity in blood mixing, and our beautiful black African history. We don’t hate you. We don’t hate those of you who are white. We just want to stay black. We love my color. I just love myself!

And that is really what it boils down to. Not hate, not ignorance, not intolerance, but love for our own.

Do you love your people?  Do you want to stay white and preserve the legacy of your ancestors? Or do you really hate racial diversity by espousing a position that if universalized would destroy all racial distinction and create a dark khaki eschaton?

Thanks for speaking the truth, champ.