Talk:Malcolm X

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His murder

No words on how he was murdered and by whom? E.g. I heard Farrakhan being called "X-Terminator"--Arisboch (talk) 23:11, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Well, this is a wiki, so feel free to expand :-) Carpetsmoker (talk) 23:42, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

That quote at the top of the article

What do they call a black man with a PhD? A nigger.

This appears to be apocryphal. Closest source I find is here which says

In defending the intellect of a first Black president—Barack Obama—who had come under caustic critique by some media channels for his policies, a December 2011 blog post article cited a quotation representative of the language, style, and poetry depicting, honoring, commemorating, and eulogizing Malcolm X. The blog cited Malcolm as stating, “What do you call an educated negro with a B.A. or an M.A., with a B.S., or a PhD?” The answer? “You call him a nigger, because that is what the white man calls him, a nigger” (DeVega 2012).

I can't find a definitive source for the quote, though many have attributed this quote or some variant of it on the net. Can anyone identify a primary source? If we can't properly atribute this quote, it should be removed. —cosmikdebris ^talk stalk 03:36, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

I've removed the quote. Christopher (talk) 12:32, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Atheophobia?

That comment "even an atheist can be a black nationalist" reflects atheophobic sentiment, but is it relevant enough to add as a category? The context is that Malcolm X was arguing for an alliance of black people of various faiths, or lack thereof in this instance. The atheophobia is not the point of the statement, but it's still there. Carthage (talk) 15:16, 12 December 2023 (UTC)