to cause an end to this society, system, and race as you know it (Harlem 71). To Malcolm, black rage is not a black problem created by the black race, but a white problem conceived in the very root of white oppression. In another speech, he states, [The black man] can see where every maneuver that [white] America has made, supposedly to solve this problem, has been nothing but political trickery and treachery of the worst order (Revolution 53). The Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, constitutional amendments, civil rights legislation, Brown vs. the Board of Education -- have all failed to give a race of men and women what they rightfully deserve in white America: peace, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.Malcolm insists that the only viable solutions to Americas Negro problem are violence and revolution. Concerning the impending violence seen throughout the nation, he says, Well, Negroes didnt do this ten years ago. But what you should learn from this is that they are waking up (The Black 49). Rage, though dormant at times, is very much a part of the black American fabric. It was stones yesterday, Molotov cocktails today; it will be hand grenades tomorrow and whatever else is available the next day . . . (The Black 49). To those who dismissed the possibility of mass demonstration of rage, Malcolm explains,One thing that you have to realize is, where the black community is concerned, although the large majority you come in contact with may impress you as being moderate and patient and loving and long-suffering . . . the minority who you consider to be Muslims or nationalists happen to be made of the type of ingredient that can easily spark the black community. (The Black 48)And to those who advocated nonviolence and a peaceful revolution, Malcolm proclaims, Black people are fed up with the dilly dallying, *censored* footing, compromising approach that weve been using toward getting our freedom.We want freedom now, but...
