Systemic Oppression In Malcolm X

In the book, Malcolm X, the recurring theme of racial identity and systemic oppression was plaguing each society like Harlem, Lansing, Mason, and Boston during the birth time of Malcolm, which leads to a lifestyle that would developed into a sense of radical reforms that would makes Malcolm become who he is, as he reflects on the past events and choices that Malcolm made as he told Alex Haley. The short sentences contributes to the beauty of the text by the way of representing the scenes of the past events as it happened to Malcolm while the long sentences shows the reflections of how Malcolm reacts to the past.

The radical changes of Malcolm X was primarily due to the reflections of the events that would include the racial identity because

of the so called white superiority “ ‘The good Christian white people’ were not going to stand for my father’s ‘spreading trouble’.” (Malcolm, pg 1). Which indicated that the conflicts that plague the current society in America was about the race differences which sets the stage for Malcolm to soon realize how the society works and how the so called white men society is corrupted and how the white functions. “ A lawyer-that’s no realistic goal for a nigger.” (Malcolm, pg 38), Illustrated by the reflection of the past events of Malcolm, creates the image of the white man society which leads to ideology that the African American is less than the whites in working jobs, like doctor or a lawyer which leads to the society to be harder to live in as time goes on. “survival is what is respective.” (Malcolm, pg 93). Meaning that survival would be tested in due time.

The radical change can also be due to the fact that the movement from being in Lansing and Mason to being in Harlem and Boston have an effect on Malcolm due to the cultural effects, like how Boston and Harlem is more lively and filled with diverse emersions than Lansing and Mason. “i spend the first month in town with my mouth hanging open.” (Malcolm, pg 45). Malcolm description shows that there is so much going that Malcolm can’t comprehend due to living in a plain town like Mason or Lansing. “I made her so nervous and uncomfortable that we were both glad when i left.” (Malcolm, pg 82), By this time Malcolm grew accustomed to the Harlem way of living that no one can get comfortable to the way he talks by the slang and the way he looks with the conk and the zoot suit that made him change which developed his character more due to the exposure of the Harlem culture which leads to Malcolm growing more aware of the white supremacy, which contributes to the beauty by the scenery that it creates that led to the way it reads in a slow drawn out sentences.

Later on, Malcolm indicate that the fate of Islam changes his character development by the way he becomes more intrigued to the faith and how he became more involved to recruiting people which would lead to Malcolm being a radical.

“I found Allah and the religion of Islam and it completely transformed my life.” (Malcolm, pg 153). Malcolm X, during the prison time, saw and represent the fate of Islam as a saving grace and that Malcolm have seen how corrupt the white society and the Christian faith was, like their practices and their laws. “But i am spending many hours because the full story is the best way that i know to have it seen, and understood.” (Malcolm, pg 153), which shown that Malcolm is being more of a radical and understandable individual that can see what many cannot in a sense of the corruption and that is where Malcolm took the initiative to preach what is needed in order to let many know why the society corrupt from then to now. “The teachings of Mr. Muhammad stressed how history had been ‘whitened’.” (Malcolm, pg 177). Malcolm informs that the teachings within the white man school have been racially identified which leads to the white supremacy and systemic oppression that soon defines Malcolm as the one radical reformer which shows the power of the text by the description of Islamic

faith.

Therefore, Malcolm who became a hustler within the societies of Harlem and Boston to a inmate and a Islamic believer due to the past events of not getting able to have support of being a lawyer in the early stages in the school transformed each aspect of his life that reminds him of the corruptness of the whole society itself with the systemic oppression from the birth of any child due to the racial identity.