Tuesday, May 27, 2008

civil rights movement male writer Malcom X




excerpt form Malcolm X's speech "Race War"
"You got a bad habit. Your hooked and don't know it. You got what's known as "White's Disease". You think you can't get along without the white man. You think you can't get some clothes without the white man. You think you can't get a house without the white man. You think you can't even get a job without the white man. Your worse than the man who thinks he can't get along without heroin. Your worse than the man who thinks he can't get along without morphine. Your worse than the junkie, you're in worse shape than the junkie because, the junkie only has a little monkey on his back and your running around with a big white ape named Uncle Sam on your back. "

on the right side bar of the blog you can listen to the speech "Race War"

The speech “race war” by pre-pilgrimage Malcolm X is an extreme calling that s characteristic of the civil rights movement. His speech is a cry for equality, justice, a land for the black community and revenge against the white man. It just so happens that now he sees the only way to gather support and a response from his people is to advocate violence and downplay the government. The purpose of this speech is to rally the black community to become fed up with the treatment they have received. Despite fallacies in his argument he builds a fiery fervor among his audience. What Malcolm X preaches seems more like the Harlem Renaissance where the blacks want a solace and equality with the white man. At the end of his speech he advocates use of peaceful protest by using the “truth” to fight the white man.
This speech’s purpose is fulfilled by down talking the white man. Malcolm X Taking a superior view against the white man it easier for the audience to accept that the white man is wrong and needs to have revenge taken upon them. Malcolm X supplies a list of wrong doings by the white man and denouncement of “noble wars” fought by the white man on American soil. The civil war according to this speech was fought solely for white Americans and that blacks are not valued in America.
The correlations between this speech and the Civil Rights movement are that he advocates peaceful protest, that the black community is treated unfairly and that there must be a change. He sounds more like a Marcus Garvey though because instead of ending segregation he wishes to build a black America.

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