Malcolm #2

Okay, so in these last few chapters, Malcolm sure shows his feelings for whites, hence him referring to them as the "white devils." These thoughts could have derived from the fact that Elijah Muhammad told the story of Mr. Yacub-- which I thought had no solidity. Like Yacub making everyone whites that were black? Um.. okay. I understand that they need a reason to believe that whites were "bad" and whatnot, but they could do much better than this story. 

When Malcolm conveys his feelings towards whites, it makes me wonder how racial slurs came to be. I've experienced being called names my whole life. The only place I felt accepted was when I was with my cousins because they loved me for who I was. But when I was younger, being who I was wasn't enough. Being a child, I was vulnerable to the remarks but now I get it. But to be completely honest (no offense to anyone), whites won't dominate America anymore. Have you ever heard that the US is the "melting pot" of the world (My dad told me that)? There are different races that are flooding the country and one day maybe these minorities will be treated the same or with higher respect than of whites. 

Things have changed since Malcolm's time. I don't know how he survived with all of the racism and prejudice going. I know he found faith in the Islam religion, which was so beneficial to him. He found an escape and kept running. After a period of time, Malcolm received a lot of respect from the community and gained followers and believers. I think if half this world was as determined as Malcolm was, we could make this society a better place.

Okay, so this is an article that relates to racism in young people. There was a black and white student in UMass and the white student was racist against a black student. This shows how ignorant people can be. The ignorance can be referred to the black student as well.. because he faced murder charges for attempting to murder the white student. 

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/13/nation/na-attack13