(August 11, 2018 at 7:34 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Malcolm X's religion did not mean shit to me. I admire the man and his place in U.S. history. White supremacy and Jim Crow was not giving way. We had two men offering two opposing solutions to this racial tyranny. MLK, offering shame and martyrdom or Malcolm offering a self defense philosophy that did not stop at outright warfare.This dichotomy forced Americans to choose accepting their shame and giving way towards racial integration. Malcolm (and the Panthers) deserve credit for this.
The "self defense" philosophy is what Islam advocates.
The "handing off the other cheek" philosophy is what modern Christianity advocates.
I totally think and believe that Malcom showed the variation between both religions: he was right when he described MLK being an "uncle Tom". But both men changed TBH. And both were essential to reform the look towards black American.