Andrew Melton           

 

 

 

            Malcolm=s experience with racist and sexist both black and whites shows how they effect people and the society. He also us this section to show how he matured as a person Throughout this section of Malcolm X found on pages 93-97 he explains how assumptions, types of arguments, evidence, and credibility effects how people think and change their mind. During this section Malcolm really tries to let people know the truth about prostitutes, and the truth about how whites and blacks act.

 

            To achieve his purpose of explaining gender, Malcolm uses both a stated assumption, and implicit assumption. Using stated assumption Malcolm says that women are weak and fragile. He writes, AAll women by there are fragile and weak...male in whom they see strength.(p.96). Malcolm using implicit assumption explains that whites want to be black, He say AThese whites were just mad for Negro Aatmosphere@ especially some of the places which had what you might call Negro Soul. Malcolm using implicit and stated assumption really gets his ideas recognized.

 

           To support his purpose of showing domination between male/female Malcolm X uses one type of argument in this section. Using argument by authority he explains why woman force men to have sex with prostitutes. The authority is Malcolm. Malcolm says, ADomineering, complaining,...castrated their husbands were responsible for the early rush@(p.96). This is a strong argument because he gives a states that I and most men believe. Malcolm=s life strengthens the argument because he has had experience with the prostitutes.

 

          To accomplish his objective of describing and explaining racism Malcolm uses Anecdotal evidence. He implies that Negro musicians are addicted to black women. He says ANo Negroes in the world were more white-woman-crazy in those days than most of those musicians@. This is weak evidence because he doesn=t know all black musicians are crazy over whit women he just knows about the musicians around him are. By using weak evidence Malcolm leads some to think that all ANegro@ musicians are crazy over Caucasian women.

 

          In the section I chose Malcolm uses one fallacy. He uses Afalse dichotomy@. This is displayed when he says, the minorities are prostitutes or in some other hustle. This is false dichotomy because Malcolm gives only  two lifestyles to minorities. Although Malcolm has a fallacy in his writing it appears to be true because in Atoday=s@ society the stereotype is that all black are hustlers or Drug dealers.

 

        In this section he was both credible and incredible. Malcolm is incredible when he states, Ahippies@ act more Negro than Negroes@. This is incredible because it is widely interpreted that Ahippies@ are the exact opposites of blacks. He is credible when he implies that blacks are attracted to white woman. This is credible because there are many black celebrities who are attracted to white woman such as, Kobe Bryant, and Deion Sanders. This how Malcolm portrays credibility throughout this section of writing.

 

      In conclusion Malcolm really explains his opinion and feelings toward racist and sexist. Malcolm interprets the prejudice of whites towards blacks. Though all Malcolm=s idea are not agreed by everyone he uses all of the standards to tell how men and women see the worlds differently. This is the most important section of The Autobiography of  Malcolm X   . Have you ever wonder why blacks and whites view the world differently even though they came from the same people at the beginning of time?