I like the unapologetic approach in Malcolm X’s fight for civil rights, but I will never find his irreconcilable self-righteousness other than polarizing in this fight. #TheAutobiographyOfMalcolmX #MalcolmX #CivilRights #polarization #BookChat #bookstodon

The cynicism and aggressive separatism pouring out from some of the lines are unpalatable at the very best. #TheAutobiographyOfMalcolmX #MalcolmX #CivilRights #polarization #BookChat #Bookstodon

“Saying this I know I’ll hear ‘antisemitic’ from every direction again. Oh yes. But truth is truth.” Malcolm X

Why's it that every bigot in history justifies their form of bigotry as reflecting the undoubtable truth? #TheAutobiographyOfMalcolmX #MalcolmX #BookChat #bookstodon

Saying that we are not antisemitic doesn’t give us a free pass to spew antisemitic accusations and feed into century-long stereotypes. #antisemitism #TheAutobiographyOfMalcolmX #MalcolmX #BookChat #bookstodon

“The true nature of man is to be strong, and a woman’s true nature is to be weak.” Malcolm X in his autobiography about how men need to control women to earn respect. How frightening the world must have seem to him. #TheAutobiographyOfMalcolmX #MalcolmX #BookChat #BookMastodon

@Occidental I read #TheAutobiographyOfMalcolmX as a teenager and it was definitely helpful on so many levels.

Growing up in North Georgia I'd always seen Brother Malcolm weaponized against Black children to create this narrative that angry or armed Black people undermined their own cause in the civil rights movement.

Malcolm's autobiography provided so much incredible nuance that it challenged me to confront not only the narratives around #RespectabilityPolitics but also the ways that leaders like Brother Malcolm and Dr #MartinLutherKing were weaponized in attempts to critique the Black community into submission

I'd be curious to learn from other folks on #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter how they came to learn about the spectrum of perspectives and identities within the Black community