“Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Re: “Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X
#2Everyone should really just read the entire Autobiography.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Autobiography-Malcolm-Told-Haley/d...
Also, they should spell "Malcolm" correctly. :)
Re: “Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X
#3 > At one-hour intervals the night guards paced past every room. Each time I heard the approaching footsteps, I jumped into bed and feigned sleep. And as soon as the guard passed, I got back out of bed onto the floor area of that light-glow, where I would read for another fifty-eight minutes—until the guard approached again. That went on until three or four every morning.
I did something similar as a child, with my guards being my parents (oh what a metaphor). Looking back, as someone who does not read a vast amount any more, I was privileged with both the means, and the inclination, to have such a habit. God knows it made me who I am.
Re: “Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X
#4what a shame that his intellect ended up wasted on reactionary racism. understandable in a sense, given time and place, but still... a waste.
Re: “Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X
#5what a shame that his intellect ended up wasted on reactionary racism. understandable in a sense, given time and place, but still... a waste.
Actually, his views were rapidly evolving at the time of his death. Read the whole book.
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#6Somewhat reminds me of Terry Pratchett's habit of attributing his education to his local public library.
Re: “Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X
#7Everyone should really just read the entire Autobiography. http://www.amazon.com/The-Autobiography-Malcolm-Told-Haley/d... Also, they should spell "Malcolm" correctly. :)
Agreed, Malcolm X is one of the most fascinating individuals in recent history. The movie based on his autobiography is also quite good: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104797/
Re: “Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X
#8what a shame that his intellect ended up wasted on reactionary racism. understandable in a sense, given time and place, but still... a waste.
The waste was the generations of people lost to a racist society. His work to directly address it was an attempt to cure a tragedy that had been unfolding uninterrupted for hundreds of years.
Re: “Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X
#9what a shame that his intellect ended up wasted on reactionary racism. understandable in a sense, given time and place, but still... a waste.
His father was murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan. I would say he had justification in reacting.
His intellect allowed him to get his message out to millions of people around the world from the streets of Harlem to the lecture halls at Oxford University.
Hardly wasted. Hardly shameful. The real shame is referenced in the original article.
Re: “Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X
#10what a shame that his intellect ended up wasted on reactionary racism. understandable in a sense, given time and place, but still... a waste.
Actually, his views were rapidly evolving at the time of his death. Read the whole book.
I do know that, but most of his public output was spent on vitriol that damaged race relations further. hence the part where I felt it was a shame.