In his speech‚ The Ballot or the Bullet‚ Malcolm X describes the social philosophy of black nationalism as one that aims to rid the evils that are destroying the moral fiber of the community‚ while also striving to create a separate black society and economy apart from the white one. According to Malcolm X‚ a white man’s mind cannot be changed. There is no point in trying to fix the problem of racial inequality
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Christian or a Muslim or a Nationalist” all African Americans had the same problem. Malcolm quotes in his speech that “they don’t hang you because you’re a Baptist‚ they hang you because you’re black”. Through this he exposes the “white man’s strategy” of divide and conquer and counterattacks it by highlighting the most important reason they were there in the first place‚ which was freedom of oppression. Malcolm instructs his people that before they can move forward they must first come together
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The Dream and the Ballot or the Bullet In the 1950s and 1960s in America‚ the equality of man envisioned by the Declaration of Independence was far from a reality. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a Baptist minister delivered his famous speech “I Have a Dream” August 28th‚ 1963 in Washington DC. He is credited with mobilizing supporters of desegregation and prompted the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Malcolm X delivered his famous speech “The Ballot or the Bullet” on April 12th‚ 1964 in Detroit. Though many people
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The speech “The Ballot or the Bullet” given by Malcolm X in April 1964 argues the importance of Black Nationalism‚ his political‚ economic‚ and social philosophy. It was given in response to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Malcolm X knew the promise of equal rights free of racial discrimination was again an empty promise‚ as the promise of abolishing slavery. Black people’s status in American was not freedom or second class citizenship but the slavery of the twentieth century. With Black Nationalism
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Ransom English 12A Ms. Davis The Ballot or The Bullet-Malcolm X -Malcolm’s primary audiences were mainly African Americans. - He addressed the whites and the white news media‚ because he felt that they played a very key and significant role in his discussion of the Ballot or the Bullet. - He spoke of the whites in such an uncompromising fashion because he felt that the whites were to blame‚ of the oppression and struggle in the black community. Malcolm also had a very intriguing way of getting
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When people hear the name Malcolm X‚ the first thing that comes to their mind is “extremist.” But in fact‚ he was a teacher. Malcolm X taught Blacks to think for themselves and not allow others to think for them. He did not want Blacks believing everything that the “blonde hair‚ blue eyed devil” said. He educated them that everything that the newspaper said‚ was not real‚ as they should not be convinced that it was. He strongly emphasized his point in saying‚ “And as soon as they put the word American
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Summary of "The Ballot or the Bullet" Malcolm X emphasizes voting as a solution to ending discrimination against Blacks. He addresses the poor leaders and the denial of voting rights to Blacks. He saw that elections had been narrowly decided and that the Black vote was the deciding factor in these elections. (PARAGRAPH 10) He wanted people to understand that when candidates promise to pass legislation favorable to Blacks‚ those candidates must be held accountable after the elections and
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Ballot or The Bullet Is this the year of the Ballot or the Bullet? April 12th‚ 1964 Malcom X gave his famous Ballot or the Bullet speech. This speech took place in Cleveland‚ Ohio. Malcom X spoke in front of a large crowd who were very interactive along with amazed by what Mr. Malcom had to say. Malcom gave this speech to get his point across of Black Excellent. In this year‚ this was the year of election Malcom wants us as black people to start realizing that we are the ones who puts the leader
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lesson to never mess with any black people ever again (in the article‚ the black child beats the white child to “within an inch of his ass-cracker life”). This exaggerates Malcolm X’s real words‚ which were more to the effect of “By any means necessary”‚ in order to achieve humour. However‚ the article does not only make fun of Malcolm X. The final paragraph is supposed to be a quote of what the FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover at the time of the event said about the speech: “…it would appear that‚ after four
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Malcolm X Reading a process. The first step is to learn how to read the letters that are written on the page. Next‚ you have to learn to understand what all of these words mean put together. Finally‚ you think about there meaning in coordination with all of the other words in the essay‚ book‚ article‚ etc. and relate them to things that you know from previous encounters and form a perspective. Throughout the course of this paper‚ I will use Malcolm X as an example to show how someone grows as
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