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- From: greg@gallifrey.ucs.uoknor.edu (Greg Trotter)
- Subject: Re: Malcom the Tenth
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- In article <1500@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> libwca@emory.edu (Bill Anderson) writes:
- >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.
-
- Why not? To me, racism is racism, whether you've been dumped upon or not,
- and whether it's PC or not.
-
- >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.
-
- While I've not read the autobiography, I'm not convinced that Malcolm wasn't
- racist when he died. I mean, only he knows for sure, and he's quite dead.
- While it's quite possible that is totally rejected his hatred for the white
- man, I feel it's also likely that he figured that he would get more credibility
- if he pretended to be tolerant.
-
- I have formed an opinion of the man, based on what I know of his life. Reread
- my post; nobody as yet has said "Malcolm was not a racist." Just trying to
- prove a point. I hope to see the movie this weekend; I've been told that the
- "racist" element in him was not in the movie. I'll find out for myself.
-
- - greg
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