“Saying this I know I’ll hear ‘antisemitic’ from every direction again. Oh yes. But truth is truth.” Malcolm X

Why's it that every bigot in history justifies their form of bigotry as reflecting the undoubtable truth? #TheAutobiographyOfMalcolmX #MalcolmX #BookChat #bookstodon

@Occidental I read #TheAutobiographyOfMalcolmX as a teenager and it was definitely helpful on so many levels.

Growing up in North Georgia I'd always seen Brother Malcolm weaponized against Black children to create this narrative that angry or armed Black people undermined their own cause in the civil rights movement.

Malcolm's autobiography provided so much incredible nuance that it challenged me to confront not only the narratives around #RespectabilityPolitics but also the ways that leaders like Brother Malcolm and Dr #MartinLutherKing were weaponized in attempts to critique the Black community into submission

I'd be curious to learn from other folks on #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter how they came to learn about the spectrum of perspectives and identities within the Black community

#7Books

A few of my favourites, in no particular order. These are some great books about the black experience and history.

#Natives by Akala

#BlackAndBritish by David Olusoga

#AintIAWoman By Bell Hooks

#TheAutobiographyOfMalcolmX by Malcolm X and Alex Haley

#BlackLikeMe by John Howard Griffin

I’ve also put two of my fictional favourites (I don’t have many, but I’m reading more fiction)

#TheCountOfMonteCristo by Alexander Dumas

#TheDivineComedy by Dante Alighieri