[Nfbmo] What is Impossible?

[Roger Crome]

Gary,
I like your thoughts on this.  Sometimes, being effective is irritating because it forces us to stop and think.  None of us like to think of our thoughts and/or beliefs being flawed in some way.  I think that his arrogance got under people's skin just enough for him to plant ideas.
Roger

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> On Jun 14, 2016, at 12:50 PM, Gary Wunder via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I really like Roger's response and Bryan's willingness to hear it. My
> thoughts about Mohammed Ali are that he irritated a lot of people with his
> hype, but at a time when black people were supposed to be submissive, quiet,
> and ever so respectful to those of us who are white, this boxer showed us
> that he too had a right to be tough, that he too had a right to be
> conceited, and that he too had been blessed with brains by our Creator. This
> is no place for us to address racial relations and family history, so I will
> simply conclude by saying that Mohammed Ali made me think a little bit about
> the stereotypes I held about black people and the innate superiority  of
> white people. To the extent that he began to tear those beliefs apart, I am
> indebted to him. 
> 
> 
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