X is Known

Oh boy, I take that back, this one may not be much better. But I'll try my best. I mentioned in the last blog about how before reading the book, I didn't really know much about Malcolm X, way less than I probably should have. But I think that's not as uncommon as I make it out to be. I feel like a lot of kids my age don't know much about Malcolm X, and if they do know they just know the basics of him being an activist.

I feel like students should be taught about Malcolm X in school, way before their senior year like I was. I mean, yes I knew who Malcolm X was and I'm sure we mentioned him in classes throughout the years but the knowledge I had on him was no where near what I knew about say....Martin Luther King Jr. I don't want to go into comparing the two but I just think Malcolm X should be more well-known, especially among younger generations than he is. I hope I'm not just speaking out of my own ignorance before reading it. I like to think that there are other kids who knew basically nothing about him. Not that I LIKE that....it just makes me feel better that I wasn't the only one who knew so little about him.