Malcom X

Malcom X’s piece was a lot more negative than Martin Luther King Jr’s. Through out MLKJ’s piece we focused mainly on working together. He wanted the whites and the blacks to be able to live together in harmony, without any more complications and negativity. Malcom X focused a lot more on letting people know about the “white man.” He didn’t want people to work together, but instead it seemed like he wanted to speak about the differences between the two types of people. What stood out to me was that he said the time when he realized his love for reading really blossomed was when we has in jail. This is surprising because when you think of jail, you do not think of a place were knowledge could be found. Also, I thought it was surprising that at first he was trying to side with his brother, but then When Muhammad talked to him about how if you begin to doubt something that you once believed in, it shows that you did not actually believe in it to begin with, he started changing his opinion. This knowledge made him begin to believe even more in the Muslim religion, and stop supporting your family. When you begin to believe in something so much that you disregard your family, that shows how strong your dedication to the cause.