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being able to do something for yourself, rather than have it done to you is always a positive movement
Whether to reject the parent or to reclaim agency in your own liberation by rejecting the white abolitionist, decoupling from Cassius Clay might be a positive step. To then deliberately associate with the Nation of Islam just looks like two steps back.
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Who he later left.
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To then deliberately associate with the Nation of Islam just looks like two steps back.
Makes total sense to me. Christianity, and Christian names were imposed by slavers and if you have that history you would want to totally reject it and replace it with something else. You can argue with the logic of joining the Nation of Islam but the symbolism is powerful.
Chalfie
William.
I think being able to do something for yourself, rather than have it done to you is always a positive movement. I don't know about his views on his father, but plenty of people want to start again on their own terms. More power to them.