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I always call Muhammad Ali "Muhammad Ali", and the same with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. My reference was regarding calling people by their nicknames for their entire lives, not changing one's name due to slave-name and/or religious purposes, which was the case with both Ali and Jabbar. Ali and Jabbar were both household names before they changed their names. Ali changed his name prior to beating Sonny Liston, he only announced publicly after winning the title. o
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A person has a right to be called whatever the hell they want to be called. I never understood why people give a shit what someone wants to be called. I just hope the guy comes back whole and soon.
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It is usually some form of bigotry.
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Ali claimed he should get an exemption from the draft due to religious beliefs. As I recall, many white politicians condemned him, at the same time sending their children college and getting a deferment from military service.
There were several “junior colleges” created so people who could afford it, enrolled their sons and ducked the draft. Poor kids couldnt buy their way out. |
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Magic Johnson and TY Hilton go by nicknames, but because they always have, there was never any mixup with the public. In contrast, Ali and Kareem actually legally changed their names, but had a lot more mixup because the public knew them as superstars under different names. I think Leonard is getting that same kind of mixup now. The public for the past five seasons saw a perennial All-Pro and fan-favorite come up under the name Darius. |
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I’m sure it makes sense to you but you’ll have to explain it to me.
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With Ali, it was unquestionably bigotry. I don't recall it being an issue with Jabbar, partly because his name-change came 7 years later, but mostly because he was much less of a controversial figure than was Ali. Coincidentally, Jabbar (who was still Alcindor at the time) along with Jim Brown, Bill Russell, and numerous other Black athletes supported Ali at the Cleveland Summit Project in June of 1967. June 4, 1967: The Muhammad Ali Cleveland Summit (Zinn Education Project) https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/t...ed-ali-summit/ o
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