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Good? He found the real Islam

very interesting

how do you feel about malcolm in the middle

This is not the forum to discuss this unfortunately

I like the anime intro but im not that much a fan of the show tbh

we're all 30+ I feel like at this point...

Demographics wise. I think there’s like 8% of black people that post here half of them are inactive

Idk. Tbh barely ever learned about him in school

You'd be incorrect in assuming that, but I was under the same thought

Personally, I liked the fact that he left a structure that was overly ambitious and ambiguous. From Elijah's heritage and the "lack" of progress made by that organization after Malcolm's assassination it's well within anyone's right to side eye them

it was necessary as he had become more radical than the Nation would've allowed. malcolm was a communist and had been a frequent speaker at events of the Socialist Workers' Party before getting involved with the Revolutionary Action Movement.

despite their rhetorical overtures to challenging the white decadence of the western world and their de facto pan-african internationalism, the NOI was not particularly interested in taking a leading role in the revolutionary upsurge of the youth. meanwhile organizations like the SWP and CPUSA (who had recovered slightly in the 60s but had burned most of their bridges with the black nation during McCarthyism) were too busy tailing what already existed. this is when you saw the rise of the PLP as well as the organizations of Malcolm X and Robert F Williams, who saw that the revolutionary energy was shifting toward Cuba and later China. these organizations were actually dedicated to the task of making an anti-colonial revolution in the USA and weren't relying on the USSR or Cuba to do their heavy lifting.

His autobiography deadass one of the best books I've ever read. Actually got tears in my eyes towards the end and it switched to Alex Haley's perspective

My only familiarity with him is basically the book and some speeches but he brave af for admitting to the world "I was wrong" when it came to his perspective on white people/his civil rights approach and again when abandoning the NOI

he was a true radical so it made total sense

? Im a white european and learned about malcolm x in history books way back when i was kid. The majority of people know about malcolm x not 4% of people aged 30+ lmao

Do you think elijah wanted him dead?

Malcolm X collaborated with leftist organizations & was anti imperialist/capitalist, but I think it’s a stretch to say he was a communist.

Damn am European too and they ain't ever said a syllable about him, even mlk just his infamous words other than that, meh

he called himself one in a letter he sent to the FBI. he also was a member of the RAM. his actual statements and political actions aligned with the anti-revisionist movement of the time even if he didn't often use the word.

For this class which was called, directly translated: "look at life", or something we had him and mlk in class,i do have to say they didnt give proper context tho. They said malcolm was bad and king jr was good... but also they said thay they were both good lol which is confusing for a kid and makes you wanna learn more

Any source for the letter? Also, didn’t some leftists call RAM revisionist, too?

Edit; So apparently, In 1950 Malcolm wrote a letter to President Truman from prison proclaiming himself to be a Communist.
2 years later he joins the Nation Of Islam which is contradicting. Seems like he followed a pool of a few ideologies throughout his life. he was anti capitalist/leftist at least fs.

Malcolm X: A Life Of Reinvention is arguably the better biography.

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X was ghostwritten by liberal Republican journalist Alex Haley so keep it that in mind.

Left one blatant cult to join the less blatant/“real version” of that cult. He was led astray from start