bow tie wearing Arab-talkin' nigger

in "Ali," Giancarlo Esposito, playing Cassius Clay, Sr., refers to the Nation of Islam as a bunch of "bowtie-wearin', Arab-talkin' niggers"), as an expression of affection, as a joshing taunt, as a subversive appropriation.

Cassius Clay Sr.: Y-y-you what? Well, what's wrong with our name? My name? We-we made you.

Ali: Ain't nobody made me.

Clay Sr.: No bow tie wearing Arab-talkin' nigger gonna change that.

Ali: Ain't nobody in that ring but me. I made me.

Clay Sr.: You don't know who you are.

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