(*******WARNING: HAZARDOUS TO NEOCON DELUSION*******)
LEGENDARY SURPRISE
Life is full of surprises. I am pleasantly surprised by the new U. S
postage stamp
that honors Malcolm X. (See it below.) Afrocentric Americans are rarely
revered
so. Though many more should be.
Malcolm deserves this reverence. He earned it as a global ambassador
for racial and economic revolution. Malcolm was a proud Pan-African American.
This new American symbol will lend balance and respect to other symbols
which have been bastardized.
Other symbols like the film “X”. It was more parody than history. The
biography
was grossly abbreviated by director Spike Lee’s signature animation.
Denzel
Washington’s acting gifts added classic magic to this severely flawed
film.
Other symbols like those Neo-Nazi fashioned T-shirts that racist Georgians
love to don. T-shirts which emblazon their beloved racist Georgia state
flag, beneath logos which scream: “YOU WEAR YOUR
X AND I WILL WEAR MINE!”. Perhaps this stamp will inspire a
few fools to wear their T-shirts inside a library where they might research
Malcolm and his X.
I hope this stamp will move a nation beyond slander to research. Maybe
more
people will now choose to really know Malcolm’s legacy. They may come
to
understand the true meaning of his healing X. One which is completely
unrelated to the wounding X on the bigoted bright red face of Georgia’s
flag.
Malcolm adopted his X as an act of reclamation. It was a tribute to
the rapes of his ancestors. It was embraced to symbolically rectify the
annihilation of his African heritage and name. The Georgia flag’s X symbolizes
the very same racist evils which Malcolm’s X was designed to defy.
I know that Malcolm deserves such a tribute. I think he would also be
surprised and amused by this stamp. Just as Malcolm now holds a special
place at the post office, he will always hold a special place in my heart.
I love Malcolm for many reasons. He refused to be passive when being
so was even more encouraged and rewarded than it is now. He chose to seek
a superior
education in an arena where most seek only superior criminality. He
chose to love an ebony black queen while his renown peers were typically
wooing and wedding the whitest women they could find. He adored his baby
girls and never whined about not having a son as most sexist fathers do.
He refused to gaybash in his autobiography. Malcolm was sexually secure
and carnally wise. And, one of his best friends was a lesbian.
Malcolm will always be my king. He will be my leader forever. The U.
S.
government slandered and stalked him while he lived. Now that he has
gone to a
superior place, the least the U. S. can do is pay him some belated
respect. The
U. S. P. O. owes us all this one...
