Malcom X: The Transformation Of Malcolm X

Malcolm X believed that experiences in one’s life contribute to their personality . Within his own life he experienced the good and the bad elements of society and allowed these experiences to shape who he became. The transformation of Malcolm Little into Malcolm X can be said to have occurred due to events that lead to dramatic change in his life. Violent discrimination against his family, the loss of his parents at a young age, the life he leads in Boston and Harlem, and his time in prison all shaped his beliefs and perspective to a radical extent. When his life comes to an end, a culmination of all that he experienced can be seen in the form of his developed beliefs and his expanded perspective. Although he was disallowed a full one, his …show more content…
Members from the Ku Klux Klan broke the windows of his parent’s home hoping to strike fear into his father, Earl Little, who was involved with the Universal Negro Improvement association (UNIA) . This group believed in the advancement of Black Americans and was often targeted by white supremacist groups . Malcolm was born into a home with a strong foundation and a solid belief system. His early views are shaped by the actions and views of his father as well as the defensive attitude that he must have knowing at any moment he could be personally attacked for who he is as a person and the color of his skin. This becomes a major factor in his transformation from boy to …show more content…
He refers to the conk hairstyle as an example of attempting to display yourself as something that you are not in order to appease a value or generalization . The conk style involves using a solution that forces the hair to look more like that of a white person. He exclaims that this shows that the person who is willing to deceive themselves of who they are is committing self-hatred. Malcolm sympathizes with this concept because he himself experienced self-hatred and changed his appearance when attempting to appease those with higher status in Boston. The conk is the manifestation of a method that African-Americans use to avoid facing the truth that there are major issues within society that must be addressed. He implies that he understood the challenges of fitting in to white society but develops a mindset that disallows this as a legitimate way of life and claims that this directly contradicts the advancement of