Malcolm ended his life rejecting anti-whiteness and nationalism in favor of a bold multiculturalism that was and is still willing to welcome anyone into his international interfaith anti-oppression movement: to judge by creed and not by race. He grew to understand it took all types to make the human family complete and explicitly rejected racial hatred and espoused a universal law of justice.
Yes. He led the way for other anti-oppression groups; social justice would not be the same today if it weren't for him. It's atrocious that there is no federal day honoring him.
Malcolm merely proposed that oppressed people had a right to armed self-defense - an inherently American principle. King, who preached steadfast non-violence, represents America as it wishes it were, while Malcolm symbolizes America as it is.
The hypocrisy is astounding, really; the same people who would be all for armed self-defense probably think he is some sort of violent, anti-white crusader.
Malcolm’s not a static intellectual figure - his mind journeyed throughout his life, he held firm to his principles but was also strong enough to re-evaluate his beliefs and change when he deemed change is right. He was far from a flip-flopper who moved because it was politically expedient - and thankfully not an intellectual mule who refused to change when he uncovered new information and perspectives. Malcolm was intelligent and bold enough to be open-minded. His courage to be a truth seeker is part of what we’d celebrate - his willingness to reconsider his principles, to be protean, to challenge himself and be willing to grow and thus embody the transformative potential of American life. We would celebrate not just his willingness to journey but also his journey itself, which concludes with militancy being defeated by humanism and with racial hatred being defeated by globalism and multiracial acceptance.
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Yes. He led the way for other anti-oppression groups; social justice would not be the same today if it weren't for him. It's atrocious that there is no federal day honoring him.
Malcolm merely proposed that oppressed people had a right to armed self-defense - an inherently American principle. King, who preached steadfast non-violence, represents America as it wishes it were, while Malcolm symbolizes America as it is.
The hypocrisy is astounding, really; the same people who would be all for armed self-defense probably think he is some sort of violent, anti-white crusader.
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I agree with all of this.
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I'm starting to wonder that myself.
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This is what I want to be like aswell.
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