I don't recall the exact quote, but yeah Malcolm X didn't see a point in returning to Africa so he took up the name X as a signifier of a new black development specifically for the African American as a political subject. I would argue that could basically go for almost any minority in America, it's definitely how I feel personally.
Not sure it's legal on this forum to dunk on black people like that.
Tfw you have your culture and heritage stripped from you so the only identity you can assume is "X" American :deeper-sadness:
What was that Zizek quote about how cool Malcolm X was for not looking for some ancestral culture but starting from the the blank slate so to speak?
I don't recall the exact quote, but yeah Malcolm X didn't see a point in returning to Africa so he took up the name X as a signifier of a new black development specifically for the African American as a political subject. I would argue that could basically go for almost any minority in America, it's definitely how I feel personally.