"I believe one should forgive the person or persons who have committed atrocities against oneself and mankind. But this does no necessarily mean one should forget about the atrocities committed." (The Dalai Lama)
I don't think I'm in any position to speak about racism in general for others, because I have never gone through it. I can say however that it does exist still today, although it's light. Racism is still there, amongst our friends, family, and complete strangers. Can we really help it? Can we stop it? I don't know the solution to that but Malcolm X did a phenomenal job in showing the wrongdoings him and his brethren had faced due to it.
The first 12 chapters of his autobiography leading to him being imprisoned was depressing. How his father was murdered, family separated, and the life he was forced to lead because of it. Personally I wouldn't know what to do when faced with racism. I'd probably feel anger. But there would be this question in my mind, constantly, "why?".
Malcolm X is more than justified for his actions through everything he's been through. Throughout the reading, it was just frustrating how the people would be so immoral to oppress him and his people. He has the right to call his enemy the devil, he has the right to use violence but instead doesn't. His attempts at resolving these conflicts were intelligent, rallying people to his side with ethos, logos and pathos.
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