LISANDA ICART ENG 112‚ 044 PROF. BAKER 9/19/12 COMPARING AND CONTRASTING TWO PERSPECTIVES: MICHAEL MOORE AND MALCOLM X According to Michael Moore‚ a vast majority of social problems can be resolved by common sense. Which means highly paid elites; consultants and lobbyist do not necessarily add value to the general population (Moore 128-145). These excerpts come under various subtitles such as ‘Idiot Nation” and ‘Stupid white
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A Challenge I Overcame After reading Malcolm x’s “Learning to Read” essay‚ I remember when I overcame my challenge through hard work and sticking to my Goal. It was when I first came to America I was in 6th grade. I didn’t really know English very well at that time‚ so it was hard for me to read and comprehend certain things taught I couldn’t communicate very well with people because I would doubt myself wondering if I said the right thing. I would stutter‚ and it made me scared of public
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In the book “Learning to Read‚” Malcolm X describes his “homemade Education.” He started his homemade education because his ability to read and write was hampered‚ which frustrated him. He educated himself with a dictionary and began painstakingly copying every entry. He began remembering the words and what they meant. Over a period of time he finished copying out the whole dictionary. Malcolm regarded the dictionary as a miniature encyclopedia. As his word base broadened‚ he found that he could
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for rallying and protesting. Yet‚ there were so many people behind him. So you see you don’t have to do something big and outrageous to be considered a great leader. There are a handful of great leaders that I could think of. Leaders such as Malcolm X‚ Thurgood Marshall‚ and so many others. You never know who the next great leader will be. It could even be your neighbor. So remember‚ you don’t have to be brave to be a great leader‚ and keep in mind that all great leaders are not well known
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In the Ballot or The Bullet‚ Malcolm X uses several different rhetoric techniques to get his points across and create excitement in those who hear it. On the last page he says “And this time they’re not going like they went last year. They’re not going singing “We Shall Overcome.” They’re not going with white friends. They’re not going with placards already painted for them. They’re not going with round-trip tickets. They’re going with one way tickets. And if they don’t want that non-nonviolent army
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Hi my names Mae and I am a black that wants freedom. It was back in the 19th century the Jim Crow Era the worst time ever for me at least. We the blacks had no rights well not a lot at least and I didn’t know why. When we walked the streets white people would give us looks. Like mean looks this didn’t bother me much not as much as the fact that they would beat us if we were bad or even if they didn’t like what we did. But sometimes they would hang our kind. Let me tell you something that was not
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from Malcolm X’s autobiography however‚ was how he emerged from the experience with new and greater insight. After meeting with and experiencing the genuine hospitality and kindness of Dr. Omar Azzam‚ Malcolm X was able to expand his own personal boundaries‚ allowing himself to question his stance on the demonization of the white man. By putting himself into an environment that made him feel uncomfortable and surrounding himself with by a race he has been conditioned to distrust‚ Malcolm X was able
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an amazing leader and activist for the American civil rights movement. He did not only stand up for African American rights he stood for equality and love. Through the tuff trials and tribulations‚ he marched with love and for one main purpose which was for to unite all creeds and have equal right despite the pigment of our skin. What Dr. Martin Luther King Jr did was influential‚ incomprehensible and inspiring to see and hear about. Even though some of Dr. Martin Luther
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and his wife tells the story of what happen Malcolm dad gets very pissed. So once Malcolm is born his father moves the whole family to Milwaukee. When Malcolm was four the black legion burn down the house. Malcolm dad shows style by treating Malcolm better because he was lighter skinned than his other brothers. Malcolm dad was a speaker at different churches Malcolm gets to see more black faces and starts to think they’re not equally or integration. Malcolm dad shows structure by providing food for
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the people march for their rights‚ in place of fighting‚ to take a better approach to something so big. Now in Malcolm X’s eyes‚ he felt that violence is sometimes necessary in order to accomplish a task. He agrees‚ but also disagrees to what Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about to the people. He believed that freedom could be won by using guns. It seemed a as “thus Malcolm and King each became a focus of one of the opposing wings of the movement for equality that swept Black America‚ and the
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