Malcolm X: A Role Model for Contemporary White American Males
Nov 7 · 9 min read

Spike Lee’s feature film biopic, “Malcolm X,” was released in 1992. I was living in Brooklyn, 28-years-old at the time and a Jewish fan of the controversial director. Accentuations on controversial and Jewish as “Mo’ Better Blues,” Spike’s 1990 followup to his classic “Do the Right Thing,” was widely accused of exploiting the most sensitive of anti-Semitic tropes via the conniving…
