Malcolm X Essay

means necessary” (X) Have you ever felt so strongly about something or someone and known you have a power within you to change the situation? People deserve to learn the power of language. Do we consider the importance of the power to communicate by any means possible. Malcolm X and Gareth Cook write about their shared experience of not having the ability to communicate effectively in Exploring Language by Gary Goshgarian. Similarly, Malcolm’s speech “By any means necessary” (X), is an…

An Activist is a person who fights for the change of others. Malcolm X was an activist who fought for change. He believed that change could’ve happened physically if needed. An Annex is an addition to a document or a piece of land. The United States had many annexes over the years, an example would be when the Louisiana Trade took place, The United States had acquired a great amount of land. Central Government- A central government is the government that doesn’t control the entire nation but an…

such as whitening their skin and lightening their naturally dark hair. In the excerpt “My First Conk” from The Autobiography of Malcolm X, the human rights activist tells the story of when he and his friend Shorty straightened their hair. Malcolm X then explains how he regretted the change because he felt brainwashed, lost his identity, and felt shame. In line 10, Malcolm X says that African American men and women are subdued by racism and are often seen as lower than whites. In return, they…

education is a step towards having a good life. There are plenty who believe education was a waste of time but throughout life’s tests and hardships came to the realization that education is key. The authors Mark Mathabane, Richard Rodriguez, and Malcolm X went through hard times during their childhood years and in their articles they share what caused their paradigm about education to shift. Richard Rodriguez was born in Sacramento, California. Richard was shy when he was young and he…

education As a student you should be asking yourself “ why is literacy so important?”, it’s important because you are able to read and write and also its part of our education. Although they come from different background, Mathabane, Rodriguez, and Malcolm X . Mathabane says “With tears streaming down my cheeks and falling upon my mother’s bosom, I promised her that I would go to school “forever.” (pg.10). Mathabane did not want to go to school because he did not like school or anything about…

seen racism as problem and this has caused minority groups or people with colored to be look down or forced to live into difficult lifestyle and suppression. Race like African American have been forced to deal with unequal opportuinity and poverty. Malcolm X is one of the examples that face through his whole life racism and its consequences. He is a man who changes the history of Amereica. He preached what he believed about racism, discrimination, and segregation. He wanted peace just like any…

Martin Luther King and Malcolm are well-known African -American figures who shaped the African- American identity and culture. They both had two distinct politics, that had both similarities and differences. Martin Luther King was born in a very well educated, middle class family, never suffering from hunger or poverty while Malcolm X didn’t grow up with a proper education, his family abused him, making the home atmosphere the same violent as the outside one. Luther King was a Christian and…

advocated achieving racial equality through any means necessary. Unlike King Malcolm was not a Christian according the Malcolm X biography he followed a movement called the Nation of Islam. Their leader Elijah Muhammad argued that white society actively fought to keep African American from gaining power in any field be that political, social or economic. It is because of this movement that Malcolm changed his surname from Little to X to symbolize his identity that was stolen from his ancestors…

education; affirmative action is considered positive discrimination. Nicolaus Mills wrote this article Rethinking affirmative action after analyzing Columbia University’s professor Manning Marable 's biography, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. In the biography, Marable examines the late Malcolm X ideas, theories, and ideologies in many different aspects in which Mills was intrigued. Giving him an abundant amount of knowledge to write this article. Rethinking Affirmative Action focuses on…

Douglass, and “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X, one can easily identify the commonalities amongst the three authors. All three men were born into what was considered to be minority ethnicities, during an era when education was discouraged amongst minority races. Alexie was a Native American, while Douglass and Malcolm X were both of the African race. There were also major differences between the writers. Alexie was a prodigy, Douglass was a suppressed slave, and Malcolm X was a criminal. Still,…