Athletic celebrity can deliver pointed political statements without holding office

Evidence

Ali was no politician. But everything he did, inside the ring and beyond its rope, was pointedly political. He was always aware of that. And just like he threw that blinding jab and signature right cross, everything he did and said was delivered with thudding intent. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1051

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• SEED: Angle: the political weight of Muslim athletes (Ali to Kaepernick) as a distinct channel of anti-Islamophobia speech.

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