My Problem With Malcolm

The Assault on Black Folks’ Sanity blog discusses its problems with Malcolm X relating to Malcolm’s cozying up to Saudi Royals that justified slavery.

“Don’t get me wrong. Malcom was a great man. But I do have a bunch of problems with him. Malcom was a student of history. Now either his books were inadequate, his teachers were inadequate, or he was naive, or he acted out of political expediency, or he was bamboozled, or … well, I just don’t know.”

TheStateOf . . . Malcolm X. Malcolm was certainly a great leader and an eloquent, motivational presence. He wasn’t finished growing when he died. But did he build a movement?

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