Were Malcolm X and MLK Right In Saying That White Liberals Are The Biggest Obstacles To Justice?

Adebayo Adeniran
3 min readOct 27, 2024

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Malcolm X was right.

El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz understood better than most that white liberals are active participants in the perpetuation of racial economic inequality in America, despite their protestations to the contrary.

To those reading this, it is worth pointing out that there is a vast difference between white liberals and white radicals.

White liberals are quite exceptional at mouthing platitudes, while contributing nothing of substance to the fight of achieving racial and economic equality. Hollywood and The Democratic party is brimming with these individuals — George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Leo Di Caprio, Al Pacino, Robert Redford etc.

White radicals, on the other hand, put their money where their mouth is by speaking and acting decisively on questions of justice.

During slavery, the militant abolitionist —John Brown — was the greatest example, who went as far as taking out a number of slavers, before he was captured and executed.

Today, we have the likes of John Cusack, Javier Bardem and Mark Ruffalo, who have put their head above the parapet in denouncing the crimes of the American…

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Adebayo Adeniran
Adebayo Adeniran

Written by Adebayo Adeniran

A lifelong bibliophile, who seeks to unleash his energy on as many subjects as possible

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