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Malcolm X Figurative Language

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In the final stage of his life, Malcolm X makes the Hajj to Mecca and continues to travel around the Middle East, which allows him to gain a greater understanding of how white and black people interact in places around the world other than America, thus shifting his original beliefs. During this period of his life, Malcolm X realizes that not all white people should be held responsible for the maltreatment of black people, and he explains this new belief sufficiently by using firsthand evidence and figurative language. The experiences that X gains in the Middle East are some of the most eye-opening and important ones in his life. By gaining experiences in the Middle East, X expresses his changed beliefs through firsthand evidence: “ I have …show more content…

This experience contributes to his new belief that only some white people deserve to receive blame for affecting the lives of black people. He recognizes that other white people are doing their job as citizens by treating black people as equals. Although Malcolm X realizes that not every white person in the world should be blamed for impacting black people, he recognizes that the place where most white people disrespect black people is America. X describes why there is a racial equality problem in America to people who live in the Middle East by using a metaphor: “I was not surprised when violence happened in any of America’s ghettos where black men had been living packed like animals and treated like lepers” (356). He emphasizes that because of the way that black people are forced to live in America, they are isolated from other Americans. As a result, he believes that this is why America is having a problem with working towards racial equality. X believes that other nations have significantly less racial issues than America due to a greater number of white people who are willing to coexist and cooperate with black

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Malcolm X was an extensively heavy participant in the fight for equality during the Civil Rights Movement. Malcolm X went above and beyond the call of duty, realizing that every book he read gave him more “sensitivity to the deafness, dumbness, and blindness that was afflicting the black race of America” (Malcolm X 643). Segregation had been going on for some time, and Malcolm X was sick and tired of the poor treatment. This brutal discrimination of African Americans is what called Malcolm X to action. When Malcolm X landed himself in Charlestown Prison, he decided to devote himself to studying and writing to improve his knowledge for his people.

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