Malcolm X: Exploratory Draft Reflections

Riya:

Claim: Different occurrences and influences during Malcolm's life caused his views on the white man to constantly change.

Question: How did Malcolm's views on the white man change so often?

Trouble: Malcolm seems to have so many different opinions on the white man that change throughout the course of his life.

Status-Quo: Malcolm should have a concrete idea and opinion on the white man,

Fine Tuned: If Malcolm should have a concrete idea on the white man, but he seems to have so many different opinions that change constantly throughout the course of his life, how did//what influenced these views to change so often?

Precious:

Claim: It is important to learn about Malcolm's past to understand how he became the prestigious man that people look up to today.

Question: How was Malcolm able to become a role model in his later years when his past was full of crime and mischief?

Trouble: It seems strange that Malcolm became this whole different person with the "dangerous," per se, past that he had.

Status-Quo: If a leader promotes something, it would seem strange if their past contradicts their teachings.

Fine Tuned: If a leader promotes something, their past should not their teachings, (and?) but Malcolm X had a past full of crime and mischief, than how is it that he became the prestigious role model that he was/is?

Myself:

Claim: Being the powerful and influential leader that he was, Malcolm could have changed the world for the better if his teachings promoted unity and equality between all people, as oppose to his idea that in fact enforced having a superior race.

Question: Was Malcolm's belief in a world with a segregated equality the most positive, progressive, and effective way for society to move forward?

Trouble: Malcolm wasted his time as a powerful leader promoting ideas that were, in the long run, negative for society as whole.

Status-Quo: Malcolm spent so much of his life passionately teaching and spreading his ideas against the white race, that were fired by the morals of the Nation of Islam.

Fine Tuned: If Malcolm spent so much of his life passionately teaching and spreading his ideas against the white race, but he wasted his time as a powerful leader promoting ideas that were, in the long run, negative for society as whole, then were Malcolm's beliefs in a world with a segregated equality the most positive, progressive, and effective way for society to move forward?