Malcolm X
The Destroyer and Creator of Myths
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18953249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hank Flick (Mississippi State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 166-181 |
| Publication date | 1981-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002193478101200203 |
| OpenAlex | W1998188020 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
ed white America to the position of being a ruthless and cunning animal of prey while he elevated blacks to a new level of importance and pride. In numerically proliferating blacks to the position of majority member in the family of man, he transcended most myopic visions while he raised blacks' self-confidence. In challenging the claim that a majority of blacks supported the concept of integration, he identified and later rejected the concept's true meaning and purpose. Malcolm confronted his auditors on both an empirical and a symbolic level. In seeking to alter or destroy the image that blacks were a minority grouping of interior beasts who believed that the good life was to be found only through integration with white America, Malcolm created a new image of black Americans. Such an image moved toward creating a new series of myths that located blacks in new strategic positions of introspection, power, pride, and strength. Blacks were now identified as (1) being equal to, if not bette4ian, whites, (2) facing an alien element that was animalistic in nature and behavior, (3) sharing common bonds with other blacks around the world, (4) having a rich and long history that they could be proud of, (5) not supporting the concept of integration, (6) being represented by leaders who did not represent and speak This content downloaded from 207.46.13.75 on Sat, 03 Sep 2016 05:17:24 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Flick / MALCOLM X 181 for the majority of black Americans, and (7) facing a series of inherent problems that could be overcome through a variety of different means and strategies
Epistemology · Sociology · Philosophy · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 1993 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |