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According to Council Chair Malcolm A. Heinicke '93, upperclass representatives were split over the issue, but most first-year delegates voted against the measure...
...pieces that focus more closely on Malcolm X himself are equally revealing. Cornel West's essay on "Malcolm X and Black Rage" deals with the transformative, freeing anger so central to Malcolm's thought and his electrifying oratory style. For West, Malcolm articulated outrage at "the sheer absurdity that confronts human beings of African descent in this country--the incessant assaults on Black intelligence, beauty, character and possibility." With his trademark eloquence, West elucidates how that rage served to perform a "Black psychic conversion," a defiant re-evaluation of the self that is free of American racist values. West argues...
This collection is distinguished by a bold refusal to stay put ideologically; the writers speak to, and frequently against, one another. For example, Deidre Bailey, a student activist at Spelman College, praises KRS-One and Public Enemy as heirs to Malcolm X's legacy, calling them "two strong rap artists who...educate young people about Black history...
...pages away, historian Adolph Reed, Jr. criticizes the same artists for "spew[ing] garbled compounds of half-truth, distortion, Afrocentric drivel, and crackerbarrel wisdom." Amiri Baraka, in his uneven but driving essay, inveighs against Spike Lee's forthcoming film, calling it part of the "black bourgeoisie's attack on Malcolm X." Marlon Riggs later labels Baraka's approach mere "rhetoric...
This willingness on the part of the contributors to critique Malcolm, one another and even the very circumstances of their writing make Malcolm X: In Our Own Image truly groundbreaking. Its irreverance and commitment to radical ideas make it a fitting tribute to the leader it is named for. At a time when the meaning of Malcolm X's name is in danger of being commodified out of existence ("X" Potato Chips will soon be on the market) this book restores his complexity. By questioning our assumptions about Malcolm X and American history, Malcolm X: In Our Own Image...