Quote by Muhammad Ali

Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No Ihttp://www.isreview.org/issues/33/muhammadali.shtml

Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 mil

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In this quote, Muhammad Ali expresses his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War due to the injustice and discrimination faced by Black people in his own country. He questions why he should be sent overseas to harm people of a different ethnicity while racial inequality persists at home. Ali's statement highlights the dissonance between American government's actions abroad and the ongoing struggle for civil rights domestically, emphasizing his decision to prioritize fighting for racial justice within the United States.

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