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> We need another (dozen) Cassius Clays. And yet you call him by a name he himself changed and hated.
by mahmud 10y ago
> We need another (dozen) Cassius Clays.
And yet you call him by a name he himself changed and hated.
- walru 10y agoWe are not garnered respect, within birth, but the parents who choose to bring us into this life are.
- n72 10y agoWhat is that even supposed to mean?
- evincarofautumn 10y agoIf you want to grow pickles, it’s right to ask for cucumber seeds, even though a cucumber is not a pickle.
- icc97 10y agoThere's a mighty large Ali sized difference between pickles vs cucumbers and slave name vs ancestor name.
- evincarofautumn 10y agoWhat I mean is that the only known way to produce a Muhammad Ali is to start with a Cassius Clay, even though there is an important distinction between them.