to Mecca and experiencing true Islam, Malcolm X changes his views slightly. He sees that not all white people have secret intentions to undermine the black cause, but he still refuses to let whites join him. “Let sincere white individuals find all other white people they can who feel as they do – and let them form their own all-white groups, to work trying to convert other white people who are thinking and acting so racist. Let sincere whites go and teach non-violence to white people! …the black man has got to help himself (Malcolm X 384).” After breaking from the Black Muslims, Malcolm X sees that blacks have to be strong and independent. They cannot rely on others to bring them through this hardship, even those that mean well. He gains an even deeper respect for the true Muslim religion and states “that only when mankind would submit to the One God who created all – only then would mankind even approach the ‘peace’ of which so much talk could be heard…but toward which so little action was seen (Malcolm X 382).”Malcolm X had a distinctly different perspective on the race issue than Lincoln or Stowe. One reason for this is the simple fact that he was black where they were white. During the 1800’s, hardly anyone ever asked a black person what rights they felt they deserved, and if they did ask, little weight was given to the answer if anyone paid any attention at all. In the 1900’s, on the other hand, blacks were not asking for attention, they were demanding it. Another reason for this split in opinions is the time in which these people lived. It was okay for whites to criticize and demean black people because they were theirs to demean. Slaves had no voice in society and if they got too out of hand, they were killed and nobody even batted an eye. In the twentieth century, blacks were not completely dependent on whites for their livelihood anymore and c...
