Muhammed
Ali: Muslim conscientious objector -
Vietkong
never said "nigger" to me
by Michael
Palomino
from: film: Die Muhammed
Ali Story. Teil 3: Das Exil [The Muhammad Ali story.
Part 3: Exile];
In: Deutsches
Sportfernsehen DSF , 24 December 2004, 21:45-23:00 [German sports TV,
2004-12-24, 21:45-23:00]
Timeline
-- black journalists
blame "US" president Johnson for sending black people into Vietnam war
to exterminate black youth to reduce black population
-- Ali refuses Vietnam war with the argument he never had anything
against Vietkong because Vietkong never had said "nigger" to him but
the White in the "USA" did
-- Ali is deprived of his boxing license
-- Ali is without job and without income, and only with performances in
talkshows he has a minimal salary
-- all States Courts assert the deprivation of the boxing licence
because of the conscientious objection
-- the Courts judge all in the same way because anybody wants to hurt
the dictated political line
-- Ali has a compulsary break for 3 years, writes a biography, is
performing in shows and helds speeches to earn some money
-- only in 1971 he is allowed to have a first fight in Alabama
Military service objected - job is lost.
Who is poor in the "USA" today gets "best career chances" in the army,
because otherwhise it's not possible to pay a study. Poverty and high
tuition fees are producing a new slavery...
Ali did not even want to study but only boxing he wanted. But: Ali did
not want to be a slave.
Michael Palomino
March 2005
