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Ali the Race Exploiter

HBO’s hot documentary Thrilla in Manila reveals the sad truth about Muhammad Ali: Beneath the jive and brilliant boxing, he was one of the nation’s great race hustlers.

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There has rarely been a more truthful 90 minutes on the subject of manipulation and opportunism within the sometimes lunatic cubicle of race than HBO’s new documentary Thrilla

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