Post #5

I had another blot post about now I basically hate Malcolm X. But continuing this book for me is complete torture. I do not agree with anything that Malcolm says and everything he does I believe makes the racism issue 10 times worse. Malcolm says, "Four hundred years the white man has had his foot-long knife in the black man's back- and now the white man starts to wiggle the knife out, maybe six inches! The black man's supposed to be grateful? Why, if the white man jerked the knife out, it's still going to leave a scar!" (275). This quote really pisses me off because not all white people are as horrible as Malcolm thinks. If Malcolm refuses the help that is given to him, then how is any racist movement going to be improved? He is encouraging black people to not believe that the white people can help. I don't understand what he is trying to prove. The white people are trying to take action so that the black people can have equal rights, but the white people are clearly wasting their time if the black people don't want to compromise. Malcolm also says," They [blacks] want to live in an open, free society where they can walk with their heads up, like men, and women!" (278). Again, the white people try to help with the racist movement, but all Malcolm is trying to do is prove the white people wrong. 

Another example of this is when Malcolm says," One thing the white man never can give the black man is self-respect!" (281). He says this while he is telling black people that they should start a society on their own because they don't have the self-respect from the whites. Again to prove my point, he complains about the way they are being treated and yet he still tries to fight the racist movement. He basically says that he doesn't want to be helped and that they can do it on their own. What really also bothered me was when he was talking to a white girl from a college that he lectured at when she said, "What can I do" and Malcolm told her "nothing" (292). Malcolm says he believes in actions not words but when action are made he doesn't think its enough. 

I believe that Malcolm is impatient. He wants things done fast and he doesn't want to wait around for the help of white people to fix the racism problem. Instead, he says that all black people should come together so that they can become separated from the whites. This relates to me because I am so impatient and whenever I want to get things done, I get them done fast. Right now, for example, obviously I am on crutches and it bothers me greatly because it is so much easier when you have two legs to get done what you need to get done. At my house, my bedroom is upstairs so normally when I want something from downstairs, my mom will just bring it up. This makes me feel so helpless because I can't do anything for myself. 

http://www.raptureready.com/rr-hypocrite.html

I was looking at this article and I thought it was really interesting because it tells stories of how different hypocrites have used their hypocritical ways to get away with their shame.