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Having recently re-read "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" for the first time since high school I was wondering.
I am a great admirer of Malcolm X Shabazz and his works for his own community.
What would Brother Malcolm have had to say about BLM?
Early in his tenure as a national minister for Nation of Islam, Brother Malcolm taught that any Black Movement must be segregated, exclusive to Black Persons.
Later, after leaving NOI and two days before he was assassinated, he said,
“It is a time for martyrs now, and if I am to be one, it will be for the cause of brotherhood. That’s the only thing that can save this country.”
Indicating a significant change of mind.
Brother Malcolm did not discourage violence as a response to violence. Neither did he condone undisciplined violence.
“We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us.”
and “Concerning nonviolence, it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.”
Brother Malcolm was a disciplined man who decried many of the practices that destroyed the poor communities (black and white). Drugs, alcohol, extra-marital sex, were anathema in the teachings of Malcolm X.
It is difficult to say just how effective Malcolm X was in helping bring about advances in Civil Rights in the '60s as Martin Luther King (who took a much different approach to the issue) took much of the national spotlight at that time.
I wonder again, how would Malcolm X feel about BLM and would Brother Malcolm be an effective leader for today's problems as he was for those of the '60s?
I am a great admirer of Malcolm X Shabazz and his works for his own community.
What would Brother Malcolm have had to say about BLM?
Early in his tenure as a national minister for Nation of Islam, Brother Malcolm taught that any Black Movement must be segregated, exclusive to Black Persons.
Later, after leaving NOI and two days before he was assassinated, he said,
“It is a time for martyrs now, and if I am to be one, it will be for the cause of brotherhood. That’s the only thing that can save this country.”
Indicating a significant change of mind.
Brother Malcolm did not discourage violence as a response to violence. Neither did he condone undisciplined violence.
“We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us.”
and “Concerning nonviolence, it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.”
Brother Malcolm was a disciplined man who decried many of the practices that destroyed the poor communities (black and white). Drugs, alcohol, extra-marital sex, were anathema in the teachings of Malcolm X.
It is difficult to say just how effective Malcolm X was in helping bring about advances in Civil Rights in the '60s as Martin Luther King (who took a much different approach to the issue) took much of the national spotlight at that time.
I wonder again, how would Malcolm X feel about BLM and would Brother Malcolm be an effective leader for today's problems as he was for those of the '60s?
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