(November 1, 2012 at 1:00 pm)jonb Wrote: Ah, is your primary source the film or the book?
The film, but that does not mean I am not aware of his style of activism was seen as hateful, and at a time it was. But it still doesn't negate that when you kick any human in the gut long enough they will do what evolution does and react with hate.
But the split in the Nation of Islam did cause him to back off his us vs them mentality.
Both blacks and whites saw him as "militaint" but who wouldnt be if someone is constantly beating ths shit out of you? It still amounts to a human condition issue not a label issue. But I do not think Spike Lee would put that realization of being in it together as humans at the end of the movie. That certainly was a minority of his life, but right before he was murdered, he did come to that realization. It just never gets any attention because he became famous for his black sepratist attitude.
If Spike had solely been about promoting black rights and Islam in that movie, why portray Malcolms criminal life or the affairs that I lisiah Mohammed had?
I don't think he glossed over a thing and while every move takes some licence I do not think the over all message was far from the real life of Malcolm.
