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| Topic | Seems like Malcom X gets swept to the side, why don't we celebrate him more? |
| AmericaTheBrave 08/05/17 11:29:16 PM #124: | I4NRulez posted... If you isolate pieces of his life yes, he did preach some hateful things but his life as a whole shows the beginnings of where he came and the man he ended up becoming. Plus Malcolm X's hate was a reaction to the proactive hate his people received from white people. If Malcolm X lived today and had all those views, he'd be just a regular racist jerk. But he lived in pre-60's America where blacks were second-class citizens and seen as subhuman by the whole government and every-day white people acted accordingly. He had family members who were murdered by whites who got away with it. You try feeling rosy about your oppressors living under that. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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