Malcolm X Essay.

The elections in the mid 60’s brought about much uproar in the African American community. Activist called together groups and discussed the chicanery and deceit that was to come. In his speech “The Bullet or the Ballot”, Malcolm X encouraged a sense of pride in oneself and attaining, even if by force, equality, which is everyone’s birthright. He called for an awareness of all the lies pending and a realization of the strength that lies in community. The same way strength is used in war when unified for causes sometimes unbeknown of parties fighting, in the same sense that could be implemented in conquering the demons of racial injustice. Malcolm X reassured people that it was not unbeknown of him that he was not a political figure but fact was fact. It was unfair that becoming “American” was not based on the soil on which they all stood but on the base of pigmentation.  “Everything that came out of Europe is an American. As long as you and I have been over here, we aren’t Americans yet” he said in concluding. In selecting someone to represent you there should be a sense of self-assurance in that person. With the events occurring and the way the laws were in place, African Americans were in a dry place. It was about changing the foundation and emerging in equilibrium with everyone else before they could move forward. Malcolm X amongst others stood as a backbone to a people capable of so much, yet bound by a structure designed against the,  yet having the audacity to want their vote. The most significant point in this was injustice.