From: dem2@pyuxd.uucp (Me)
Subject: Re: The Sabotage of Malcolm X
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 20:28:30 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.182948.8225@leland.Stanford.EDU>
stefan@leland.Stanford.EDU (Stefan Michalowski) writes:

>Unfortunately, Malcolm's abiding love for black people existed,
>un-Bodhisattvalike, alongside a pathological hatred for whites.  

No, what's *truly* unfortunate is that America's promise of freedom
and equality for all its citizens exists, hypocritically, alongside
a concerted denial of basic rights and equal opportunity for Blacks.
Malcolm rose from the ashes of this hypocrisy.

>We know that some of the white folks that he encountered during his early
>years treated him like dirt, others showed kindness and respect. We
>also know that they didn't burn down his house or murder his
>father. 

No, we don't *know* this. Perry's book, in some respects, is the
second assassination of X. It's amazing how people can place more
credibility in the "research" of a white author than in the life
experiences of a Black leader. Of course we all know what detailed
public records of lynchings the KKK keeps, so if Perry couldn't find
evidence of murder it must not have happened! Give me a break...

>Yet, in prison, he converted to a bizarre religion that
>branded all whites as evil mutant freaks. When he became a national
>figure, he was exposed to the whole cross-section of this nation's
>people, black and white, good and bad. He was constantly upbraided for
>preaching that whites were responsible for every calamity that ever
>befell this planet: from the extinction of the dinosaurs to Philip
>Stromer. But, time and again, he returned to Elijah Muhammad's
>hateful teachings, even though any reasonably-intelligent ten year-old
>could have explained to him that wickedness is not confined to any one
>race. This went on for YEARS. After his death, his bitter legacy
>lingers on: witness the recent FBI statistics that show black-on-white
>hate crimes as being much more prevalent than the white-on-black
>variety.  

What FBI statistics were you reading? The ones I recently heard said
that 60% of the hate crimes in 1991 were white-on-Black, not the
other way around (this was based on reports from only 20% of the law
enforcement agencies in the country -- given the nature of law
enforcement in America, the 80% that didn't respond were probably
afraid of self-incrimination).

>And there are still those who, like Malcolm X, mindlessly
>denounce ALL of European civilization, thus denying themselves  
>its many blessings and, tragically, ensuring for themselves a
>permanent place on the remotest margins of power and responsibility in
>our society.

It is not the denunciation of European civilization that does this, it
is simply not "belonging" to it that does.

>[personal views of Malcolm the "gangster politician" deleted] 

	Darryle

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