S. could escape being censured, right on its
own home ground."
Malcolm was also critical of the Civil Rights Movement, contending
that its interracial makeup and its emphasis on integration undercut
the real goals of the black masses. "Not long ago," he said, "the
black man in America was fed a dose of another form of the weakening,
lulling and deluding effects of so-called 'integration.' It was that
'Farce on Washington,' I call it." Malcolm held that the famous March
on Washington in 1963 had begun as a very angry, grass-roots movement
among poor black people. He said that whites took it over and turned a
genuine protest into a sentimental, interracial picnic.
Finally, Malcolm made it clear that he, too, was willing to resort to
violence although he did not favor initiating it. He held that, when
the rights of blacks were violated, they should be willing to die in
the struggle to secure them:
"If white America doesn't think the Afro-American, especially the
upcoming generation, is capable of adopting the guerrilla tactics now
being used by oppressed people elsewhere on this earth, she is making
a drastic mistake.
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