en he gets caught selling the paper, and he doesn’t know what it is. “I protested naively, feeling unsure of the entire world now, feeling that racial propaganda surely could not be published in Chicago, the city to which Negroes were fleeing by the thousands.” On the other hand Malcolm decides to act white instead of being upset by it. He dyes his hair and walks around with Sophia a white woman. “I paraded her. The Negro men loved her. And she just seemed to love all Negroes. Two or three nights a week, we would go out together. Sophia also admitted that she also had dates with white fellows.”While racism plays an important role in shaping these men, extended family was a vital aspect in each of their lives. When Malcolm’s father was murdered and his mother in the hospital he went to live with Ella, his half sister from his dad’s first marriage. She is very important because she takes him in and supports him while he is growing. Also, she is important because “I think the major impact of Ella’s arrival, at least upon me, was that she was the first really proud black woman I had ever seen in my life. She was plainly proud of her dark skin.” This is extremely important to his development because she tries to turn him from acting white and also when he is an adult he stands up for equal rights and the importance of the black man.Although it was Malcolm’s half sister that was his extended family, it was Richard’s grandma and uncle Clark who play a vital role in his development. When he is living at his grandma’s house, things are bad because the money is tight and his grandfather is abusive. How ever, when he is sent to live with his uncle where things are much better, he decides to return to his grandma’s because that is where his mother is. This can be seen in the conversation between his uncle and him. It says “Uncle Clark, send me back to Jackson&...
