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http://www.npr.org/2011/04/05/135144230/manning-marables-reinvention-of-malcolm-x
"Manning Marable's newly released biography of Malcolm X introduces new information that could reshape the widely accepted narrative of the Muslim leader's life.
Marable died on Friday, just days before the book's publication. The African-American studies professor was 60 years old and died of complications from pneumonia. His life's work, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, came out Monday.
The new biography asserts that Malcolm X had exaggerated his early criminal career and had engaged in an early homosexual relationship with a white businessman. The book also claims that some of the triggermen responsible for killing Malcolm X are still alive and were never charged.
Melissa Harris-Perry, an associate professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University, spoke with NPR's Michele Norris about how this affects the legacy of Malcolm X and how his life is taught in the classroom.
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
"Marable's picture of Malcolm X is of a profoundly flawed individual," Harris-Perry said, a "struggling human being — one who was consistently unsure of himself despite his own enormous intellect and resources." It's an abrupt departure from "heroic" and "perfected" visions of the African-American minister that were set in motion by The Autobiography of Malcolm X and perpetuated in American popular culture.
Marable argues that much of the narrative in the 1965 autobiography — a collaboration between Malcolm X and writer Alex Haley — is gross oversimplification. "Far too many of us ... have taught The Autobiography of Malcolm X as though it were sort of a historic document in and of itself," Harris-Perry said. "As though it were Truth with a capital T. ... We now have to go back and truly teach it it as a text — as an autobiography."
Take, for example, Malcolm X's relationship with Betty Shabazz. "In Manning Marable's reading, this was a relationship that Malcolm felt forced into as a result of his role as the minister in the Nation of Islam," Harris-Perry explained. "He felt that it was necessary to marry, and that his attachment with Betty was tenuous — not as profound an emotional and physical connection as has been presented by Malcolm himself and ... by his other biographers."
Marable also explores the question of Malcolm X's homosexual relationship with a white businessman. "It can be read as salacious or titillating to make this claim," Harris-Perry said. But Marable "doesn't necessarily say that Malcolm is a ? man. He is suggesting that Malcolm at certain points in his life engages in sexual activity with men and particularly this man — but he frames it around economic need and social anxiety."
Manning Marable, pictured above in 2001, died Friday, just days before the publication of his life's work, a new biography of Malcolm X. "He was trying to save people with his ideas," says Marable's researcher, Zaheer Ali.
Mourning A Mentor: Students Pay Tribute To Marable
by Janaya Williams
But Malcolm X has been dead for 46 years, and theories about his personal life are only speculation. "Questions of homosexuality, race, manhood — they are really difficult discussions," said Harris-Perry. "And given that Malcolm himself is long ago departed, obviously he can't speak directly on these questions."
Marable focuses much of the book on Malcolm X's 1965 assassination — from the lead-up to the killing to the investigation that followed. Harris-Perry says "there is no doubt" that Marable was issuing a call to action to encourage a re-examination of the case.
"Had my dear friend Manning lived past Friday it was absolutely his intention to commit the process of ... promoting the book primarily to the work of bringing pressure for the purpose of reopening the case," Harris-Perry said. She suspects that Hazel Ann Marable, the professor's widow, is likely to pick up the work where her late husband left off."
bi any means necessary
"Manning Marable's newly released biography of Malcolm X introduces new information that could reshape the widely accepted narrative of the Muslim leader's life.
Marable died on Friday, just days before the book's publication. The African-American studies professor was 60 years old and died of complications from pneumonia. His life's work, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, came out Monday.
The new biography asserts that Malcolm X had exaggerated his early criminal career and had engaged in an early homosexual relationship with a white businessman. The book also claims that some of the triggermen responsible for killing Malcolm X are still alive and were never charged.
Melissa Harris-Perry, an associate professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University, spoke with NPR's Michele Norris about how this affects the legacy of Malcolm X and how his life is taught in the classroom.
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
"Marable's picture of Malcolm X is of a profoundly flawed individual," Harris-Perry said, a "struggling human being — one who was consistently unsure of himself despite his own enormous intellect and resources." It's an abrupt departure from "heroic" and "perfected" visions of the African-American minister that were set in motion by The Autobiography of Malcolm X and perpetuated in American popular culture.
Marable argues that much of the narrative in the 1965 autobiography — a collaboration between Malcolm X and writer Alex Haley — is gross oversimplification. "Far too many of us ... have taught The Autobiography of Malcolm X as though it were sort of a historic document in and of itself," Harris-Perry said. "As though it were Truth with a capital T. ... We now have to go back and truly teach it it as a text — as an autobiography."
Take, for example, Malcolm X's relationship with Betty Shabazz. "In Manning Marable's reading, this was a relationship that Malcolm felt forced into as a result of his role as the minister in the Nation of Islam," Harris-Perry explained. "He felt that it was necessary to marry, and that his attachment with Betty was tenuous — not as profound an emotional and physical connection as has been presented by Malcolm himself and ... by his other biographers."
Marable also explores the question of Malcolm X's homosexual relationship with a white businessman. "It can be read as salacious or titillating to make this claim," Harris-Perry said. But Marable "doesn't necessarily say that Malcolm is a ? man. He is suggesting that Malcolm at certain points in his life engages in sexual activity with men and particularly this man — but he frames it around economic need and social anxiety."
Manning Marable, pictured above in 2001, died Friday, just days before the publication of his life's work, a new biography of Malcolm X. "He was trying to save people with his ideas," says Marable's researcher, Zaheer Ali.
Mourning A Mentor: Students Pay Tribute To Marable
by Janaya Williams
But Malcolm X has been dead for 46 years, and theories about his personal life are only speculation. "Questions of homosexuality, race, manhood — they are really difficult discussions," said Harris-Perry. "And given that Malcolm himself is long ago departed, obviously he can't speak directly on these questions."
Marable focuses much of the book on Malcolm X's 1965 assassination — from the lead-up to the killing to the investigation that followed. Harris-Perry says "there is no doubt" that Marable was issuing a call to action to encourage a re-examination of the case.
"Had my dear friend Manning lived past Friday it was absolutely his intention to commit the process of ... promoting the book primarily to the work of bringing pressure for the purpose of reopening the case," Harris-Perry said. She suspects that Hazel Ann Marable, the professor's widow, is likely to pick up the work where her late husband left off."
bi any means necessary
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I ain't bother to read.. but I know it's some ? ..
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this is why you crackas are on ignore
? dont wanna join the movement but would rather see this ?
you ? silly as ?
he really was giving it to whitey -
So Malcolm X used to be a ? ? ?
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and its not even a white man saying it
scared to read...thats sad -
Ain't the first time I heard this rumor. I will check it out. Watch how ? quick to judge without doing any research. I ain't calling the man ? yet, but time will tell
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it was common knowledge that he used to do "favors" for cash back in the day.
Whoever didn't know this is way behind on their "famous black ? " history -
would it matter if he did ? a guy?
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I read through the entire o/p and all I saw was a bunch of speculation.
Sounds like a hater to me.
EDIT: And skimming his wikipedia page he may have been a Tom too. -
I was gona make this thread but i expected ppl to catch feelings amd ignore...my co worker was telln me about this...i was talkn about when denzel got clapped n zoot suits...n i was told red was going reach around nh
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always trying to demasculate black man and black leaders
white folks think the black man is preverted like himself and enjoys deviant ? also... -
the book is moreso about how his autobiography is mythologized and not based an actual facts...
yall shook of the truth wow -
Sad his own people clapped him up
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I thought him being a ? was common knowledge.
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He was a dope-fiend by admission..have you ever met a crackhead that had morals or manhood?
banging out a rich white man seems entirely possible -
T/s is a cracka ?
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CopperKing wrote: »b@squ1@t redux wrote: »banging out a rich white man seems entirely possible
only to a ? ....?The Hacker wrote: »T/s is a cracka ?
Why do you think Malcolm X was as extreme as he was? He was ? heartbroken -
b@squ1@t redux wrote: »banging out a rich white man seems entirely possible
only to a ? ....? -
Who else -
mods... get on your job...
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everybody gettin all emotional..lmao
they shook -
na that aint directed at you loca...everybody else either refuses to read the op or are so angry at the idea that they resort to callin me a ? ..
hilarious -
they tried to use that ? ? on MLK....meanwhile J Edgar Hoover was parading around in pumps
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CopperKing wrote: »they tried to use that ? ? on MLK....meanwhile J Edgar Hoover was parading around in pumps
and you'd be surpised at the ? your momma does in the bedroom...? crazy right -
CopperKing wrote: »they tried to use that ? ? on MLK....meanwhile J Edgar Hoover was parading around in pumps
J. Edgar Hoover being a ? is not debated because its a well known fact -
btw an african american studies professor wrote this
hilarious
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