The Furtherance of Fallacies

At a certain point, Malcolm X's assertions line up quite directly with Loewen's thesis which surfaces without fail in each of his chapters on various historical subjects. While still in prison Malcolm describes how he feels that "It's a crime, the lie that has been told to generations of black men and white men both. Little innocent black children, born of parents who believed that their race had no history. Little black children seeing, before they could talk, that their parents considered themselves inferior" (181). The unspoken self-worth emanating from the previous generation which he discusses here is characteristic of all cultures. Children perceive the pride or lack thereof which parents display to those outside of their family. Flawed doctrine in addition to this informal sense of inferiority amongst a particular cultural group allows for the status quo to remain intact. Loewen cites history teachers for the majority of racial relation tension, but here Malcolm points to the members of the victimized race. The lies stem from another culture's perception of this race, yet the fallacies are continued through subtle assumptions of subservient roles by members of that race.