Malcolm has gone through so many things in his life and I am so very proud of him. It is hard to be, yet again, extremely proud of this man. Malcolm has turned from such an irresponsible boy into an extremely responsible man. Of course, you already knew this though. He has been faithfully serving the Nation of Islam and Elijah Muhammad for some time now- 12 years. Everything happens to you for a reason. There is always a reason that something bad or horrible happens to you. In Chapter 16, Malcolm faithfully goes to a press conference after the president has been assassinated and makes one little mistake that shouldn't have costed him his job, but it did. After speaking at the conference and saying, the chickens coming home to roast," Elijah Muhammad silences Malcolm for 90 days (Haley 307). Now, Malcolm is very upset about this, of course. He decides to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca and finally after all this time realizes that the so-called "blue-eyed, blonde haired" white people aren't so bad. Some of them are even Muslim. He socializes with them and I feel that this is the moment that he finally overcomes racism.
When does one overcome racism? I, being 50% Irish and 50% spanish, am not very racist. I do not find it strange when I see mixed couples and families. I feel that this is because I have a very white 100% Irish father and a tan skinned 100% Spanish and Indian mother. I personally do not see anything wrong with that. To overcome racism, in my book, one needs to forget about skin color and ethnic backgrounds. Everyone is different and to overcome racism, you should only judge a person by what is in their heart, not by what color skin they have. According to the article on http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Racism, one can overcome racism when you figure out similarities between yourself and the person from the different background, make friends with other races, and learn about other races. Racism isn't just something that is out there, it is something that is around you everyday. The site says that in order to fight racism, you should encourage others who make racist comments to stop. If you really really think about, we are all the same no matter what color we are We are all human beings even though we may not look exactly alike. "Forget stereotypes; everyone is different."
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I agree entirely with what you said. My parents are like yours; my dad is Norwegian and my mom is Armenian.
Personally, i don't care if a person is white, black, brown, or yellow. People are people, and their skin color has absolutely nothing to do with anything. People of different races are not smarter or better than each other. If everybody was blind, no one would be able to tell the difference between a black person and a white person. I also think that last quote you put " Forget stereotypes; everybody's different" shows the pointlessness of racism. You can't judge an ENTIRE race of people based on one person just because they look the same.
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