RE: Lew Alcindor
Does he take offense at being called that? I remember Muhammad Ali getting mad when he was called by his “slave name”, Cassius Clay.
Boxer, Ernie Terrell called him Cassius Clay.
When they fought, Ali taunted Terrell, hitting him with sharp jabs and shouting between punches, “What’s my name, Uncle Tom... what’s my name?” But Ali was unable to knock out Terrell, winning a unanimous 15-round decision.
The irony of it is that Cassius Clay was the name of an abolitionist in the early 19th Century, while Muhammad Ali was a name used by many who held East Africans in bondage. So which name is really the slave name, I say it is the current one.