“Why is everything white?’ Ali chats to Parko on the BBC

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, indeed.

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali tells Michael Parkinson about how confused he felt when growing up. 
"Everything was white - Santa Claus was white - and everything bad was black; the little ugly duckling was a black duck, and the black cat was bad luck."
From the BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 17 October 1971. 
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