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| Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X |
June 11, 2017
Book 48 - The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley
Malcolm X (1965)
Part 3 - 98-154
Reading Time - 1 hour
Malcolm X (1965)
Part 3 - 98-154
Reading Time - 1 hour
Well... I've learned a lot about the seedier side of Harlem life in the 1940s. Malcolm X was quite a character who, by his own admission, lived by his wits. He tried everything - armed robbery, drug dealing, etc. He also seems to have been a bit of a misogynist - "all women, by their nature, are fragile and weak: they are attracted to the male in whom they see strength" (p. 108). Can't say as I really agree with him. On the other hand, he's being real... expressing how he sees the world. Throughout the course of this section, Malcolm gets deeper and deeper into trouble... he is on the run from all sorts of people, including the police and the chapter ends with him returning to Boston. I think, though, it's going to be a short-lived reprieve.
I really get a sense of the desperation in which people lived... particularly the African Americans. They really have been taken advantage of... as we have taken advantage of the Indigenous people in Canada. It's kind of sad... but what is the solution? I read a BBC Magazine article online that said, essentially, we are all inherently racist. We all look at the "Other" as different from ourselves, or our tribe, and shun them. If only we could see that we all belong to the Tribe called Humanity... things might be different.
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