Malcom X
After reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley I’ve realized that I’ve been taught and educated about the civil rights movement with a sugar coating on top. Throughout my life I’ve been brought up believing that Malcolm X was a raises Blackman who hated whites, and all he wanted to do was fight and retaliate against them. While on the other hand I was told that, Martin Luther King Jr. was the key to the movement and his peaceful, turn the other cheek teachings, were correct. Since finishing Malcolm X’s Autobiography I’ve grasped a better view on how the world works, and the depth of the real harshnesses that surround us. Through Malcolm’s religion he taught Negroes that they have been blinded and deceived by the white man. Malcolm referred to the white man as the white devil. He did this because he believed that the white man was forcing the blacks to live and function in a white society. Even though Malcolm’s early teachings may not be that correct referring to all white men as devils but it shows a truth about the world. How society blinds you into believing one side of the story. For example in Malcolm’s time your white and your blinded into believing your superior to blacks and can trea
When Malcolm spoke to the people, there was a certain radiance that appeared from him when he was at the podium. Malcolm told the people about their rights and how they deserved to love themselves and their brothers. Malcolm gave the people a sense of pride and hope for change, in a time where there seemed to be none. He showed them that they are worth something and not just some piece of garbage that should beg for scraps from the white society’s table. The reason why I enjoyed this book so much was because it gave me the feeling of what it would feel like to be in that position and listening to a man like Malcolm X speak. I believe the book portrayed him very well and it really didn’t sugar coat the bad and enhance the good like some Autobiographies do. The author put everything right out on the table for you so you got the full aspect of what was going on in that time. For a man who did so much with so much piled against him is ash am that he died so young. Malcolm X was shot at the Audubon Ballroom on Feb 21 1965 several times and killed. If Malcolm could do what he did when he did it just imagine if he had another 5 years or a matter of fact just one. There aren’t many great leaders in the world but when you come across one you definitely realize it. I recommend the autobiography of Malcolm X to anyone who would like to change and expand his or her view on the world. The author Alex Haley did an amazing job capturing all the aspects of his life and conveying them to us through this book. I’m actually interested in finding more information on Malcolm X and listening to some of his recorded speeches after reading this book. I hope I’ve expressed my feelings about the book well and have convinced you if you haven’t already to read the book and if you have read it again because it truly is a work of art. t them like trash or on the other hand your black and your blinded into believing your not worth having rights and whites are better then you.
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