Prompts for Discussing Methods to Achieve Equal Rights Malcolm X: Your “nonviolence” results in more blacks being beaten and killed.
Malcolm X: Integration into a racist system won’t work
MLK: Separation is no different than segregation
Malcolm X: Nothing will change until black people start fighting back
MLK: We must not resort to the tactics that they use against us.
Malcolm X: Why waste time trying to change white people’s minds?
MLK: Why should we create an image of blacks for whites to fear and hate?
Malcolm X: I can’t love a group that has oppressed my people for more than 300 years
MLK: “An eye for an eye” will only make the whole world blind
Wrap Up – Left Side Choose the statement form each set that you most AGREE with. Write a short explanation of why you chose that statement. SET 1: “Nonviolence” results in more blacks being beaten and killed. OR Self-defense will provoke more violence against blacks. SET 2: Integration into a racist system won’t work. - Separation is the same as segregation.
MLK: Your ideas of self-defense will provoke more violence against blacks.