Christopher Hitchens on Malcolm X

"You may be shocked by these words coming from me,But on this pilgrimage, what I have seen, and experienced, has forced me to rearrange much of my thought-patterns previously held, and to toss aside some of my previous conclusions. ... Each hour here in the Holy Land enables me to have greater spiritual insights into what is happening in America between black and white. The American Negro never can be blamed for his racial animosities -- he is only reacting to four hundred years of the conscious racism of the American whites. But as racism leads America up the suicide path, I do believe, from the experiences that I have had with them, that the whites of the younger generation, in the colleges and universities, will see the handwriting on the walls and many of them will turn to the spiritual path of truth -- the only way left to America to ward off the disaster that racism inevitably must lead to."
Malcolm X
He never stopped wanting to learn. Just before his death in 1965, he maintained that one of the things he most regretted in his life was his lack of an academic education. He stated that he would be quite willing to go back to school and continue where he had left off and go on to take a degree. "I would just like to study. I mean ranging study, because I have a wide-open mind. I'm interested in almost any subject you can mention".
When he left the Black Muslims and formed his own organization, one of the roles he performed was that of a teacher. He ran a regular class for young people where he told them "We have got to get over the brainwashing we had ... get out of your mind what the man put in it ... Read everything. You never know where you're going to get an idea. We have to learn how to think ..."
www.malcolmxbio...
"Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today."
Globalism vs Tribalism and Nationalism - Christopher Hitchens

[@malachijustice1397]

Malcolm would’ve been proud to hear that man speak about it like that

[@TheEverFreeKing]

So he wouldn't this guy hates Muslims.
Malcolm x would look at him with disgust especially because he didn't even acknowledge Islam was what allowed him to do that 🗿

[@rocioaguilera3555]

What an eulogy for Malcolm x.
Hitchens couldn't do it better.
Rest in peace, both of them.😢

[@CindyAlexius]

Well said.

[@idrislamont1064]

Hitchens obviously omits the fact that it was Malcolm’s religious convictions that helped him embrace a truly internationalist perspective. In particular his experiences in Mecca and traveling throughout the middle east and Africa.

[@DontDrinkthatstuff]

Well that & he got kicked out of the NOI because he thought he didn't deserve to be punished.

[@jamesfreeman7954]

An interesting take on Malcolm X.

[@jonwhitehead5426]

It was. The sort of integrity Malcolm X showed, rising above hate, is a lesson we can all learn from.

[@fadesola2002]

Aka I don't understand or agree but this guy sounds smart so I'll say "interesting" 🤡🤡🤡

[@georgerafael]

spot on. brilliant. so true.

[@allrise3056]

So so much said in a mere 1:25.

[@1979ce]

Malcolm x taught hate.

[@Prat-zi1ou]

Well love won't change anything if it did mlk would have been alive

[@addounsamiyoucef1999]

Only against whites

[@My20GUNS]

No he didn't. If you genuinely think that, then you never really listened to him.

[@regzzuse280]

​@@Prat-zi1ou
So why Malcolm died so early?