How did malcolm x change the way blacks looked at racism?

Answer 1

so he did some good things for black people in general, but he also provided an angry, violent role model at times. violence is never an answer, and we see that in the present day with 9/11. so with this violent example, did that negatively affect the way blacks seek to accomplish goals? has it been a cause of violence among backs? the terrorists got our attention with killing a bunch of innocent people. so, in response, our country kills a bunch of their people.... perhaps Malcolm x learned from the United States government on how to get attention and get things done that you feel are necessary.

Answer 2

Malcolm X (his real last name was Little, but he refused to use it since he said it was a slave name) started his lecturing right after Martin Luther King did. But while Dr. King advocated seeking equality thruough peace, reasoning, and understanding with the whites, Malcolm stressed that blacks should seek rights and equality by any means necessary, up to and including violence.
Up until then, most blacks would have considered themselves lucky to be granted equal rights, or even near-equal rights; they would have considered the white man was doing them a favor. But Malcolm made alot of them feel that the rights were their DUE. That they should have had them all the time, and that they need not be subservient or grateful for attaining what should have been theirs all the time.
So, despite the fact he was overzealous at times and was often in trouble with the party of Islam and his boss, Elijah Muhammed, you could rightfully say that X was the first man to instill Black Pride in the people.

Answer 3

Although early in his career Malcolm X insisted blacks should get equal rights in any way possible, he changed his views pretty drastically once he visited Africa himself and saw the conditions there. When he came back, he insisted blacks should fight for equal rights as Americans. Some say that's why one of his own disenchanted followers killed him.

Answer 4

We have been hoodwinked, bamboozled and led astray by white America even to this day.