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- From: libwca@emory.edu (Bill Anderson)
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- Subject: Re: Malcom the Tenth
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- Date: 23 Nov 92 15:46:49 GMT
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- greg@gallifrey.ucs.uoknor.edu (Greg Trotter) writes:
- :
- : You are correct. Lee is not a racist on the same level with Helms. But
- : Malcolm X was. We can thank (?) Lee for not bringing that racist attitude
- : into the 90s with his film.
-
- Malcolm was a racist at one point, undoubtedly. However, it's
- silly to equate his racism with that of Jesse Helms; the latter's
- racism is based on unthinking dogmatism and unwarrented feelings of
- superiority, while the former's was based on experience. Not that
- that justifies anything, but the two viewpoints are not the same.
- At any rate, by the time of his death Malcolm had rejected racism,
- as you would know if you knew anything about the man at all. I
- suggest that you read "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" and pay
- attention to what the man had to say before forming opinions of
- him.
-
- Bill
-