I know I'm not crazy. How do I know? Well it's quite simple, I'm a normal girl with a normal brain who lives with a semi-normal family. So why do I feel crazy when reading the second half of Chapter 10? I respect Malcolm and the Religious journey that he went through. But did he actually believe (and later preach) his religion to others?
Now, don't start thinking that I'm not open to other religions. Actually, I enjoy learning and exploring other views on how life was created, and so on. But Malcolm X's religion is bogus. I don't think I've heard of anything more rediculous. Apparently, all whites are Satans (who currently teach black history in school). Not only are we satans, but we were genetically created from blacks by a man named Mr. Yacub more than 5,000 years ago (you know, since people were so advanced back then.)
I don't know about you, but for me, Mr. Yacub is someone who sounds made up. Not only did he die when he was at the age of 152, but he discovered the law of magnetism at the age of six, according to this website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/4623/frolinan/blackhist3.html. It also is believed that Yacub was born in the year 8400 (assuming that it's B.C) and thus founded his religion, before the Jews, the Christians, and apparently before the religion of Islam in the East.
So to conclude this note, why is the "Black Islam" religion called Islam when in fact the actual Islam is the youngest religion to this day? Why, if this religion is apparenly so old, was it not practiced what so ever before? And, if anyone can answer this question to me and to Blogfrog, where is the island of Patmos and why hasn't anyone discovered it yet?
I guess some things are better left unanswered.
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I love your writing voice and beliefs, Brenda! Both posts (the one about white privilege and this one) are very personal and in-depth. Keep that up--that is what I am looking for here! Why do you think Malcolm chose this "crazy" religion? Try to get inside his head as a human being who has been through everything he has and speculate about that.
I love the way you almost told a story in this post. It kept me hooked! Also, yeah, it is sort of weird that we don't know where the island of Patmos is. More importantly, YACUB LIVED TO AGE 152?!?!?! THAT'S LIKE SARAH AND THE 127 YEARS THING IN THE BIBLE!! creepy. Do you really believe people could have lived that long?! W/o medication!? haha. Well, I certainly do not. Sigh...I guess we'll never know. Weird article. Good blog! :]
I totally agree with you. The Yacub story seems completely false, and it makes no sense to me. How could an evil scientist possible create the white race to spread evilness around the world through interbreeding over a long period of time? Also, there are good and bad people in the world, and race does not effect whether or not someone is good or evil. I know Malcolm was trying to understand why blacks were treated so badly, but I felt insulted every time he said "white devil."
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