Dec 2, 2021
6 min read
Sorry, Race Reductionists—Malcolm X Rejected Identitarianism and Black Nationalism
If Malcolm X had been killed in 1963, he would be remembered as just another of Elijah Muhammad’s racist followers. Malcolm admitted that in a letter written after he left the Nation of Islam (boldface mine):
“I declare emphatically that I am no longer in Elijah Muhammad’s ‘strait jacket,’ and I don’t intend to replace his…
