Malcolm X Day 2020

The civil rights advocate Malcolm X aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz born Malcolm Little is honored this day thus far in Berkeley California as an early martyr in the civil rights movement.

There are varying degrees of celebration but like his cohort protomartyr Medgar Evers, that honor for being struck down while working for the good of all people, particularly the down trodden of their times is not universally accepted in the US.

The controversial black racial advocacy imposed early on in the black muslim movement 'by any means necessary' echos hollow without meaning in our 21st schizoid world.

The failures of identity politics drown memories of those who worked hard and long for civil rights to keep that recognition and esteem they once held with the masses they served.

I for one have never been a civil rights activist.

I do, however believe that we are all created equal.

I also believe that Malcolm X was murdered by those congregants of the Nation of Islam as a mechanism of some aspect of revenge.
 

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Romans 12:19 Holy Bible, King James Authorized Version